Channel 5 now - "My Violent Child"

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Anyone watching this?

Very sad

That boy is so small now - when he's a teenager his poor mum risks her life with him.

Oh god. Feel so sorry for the other kids.

I think she'd get a clearer picture if she wasn't there, to be honest. Everyone behaves differently if someone from outside the family is there.

Hopefully whatever intervention they do will work. What a terrible way for them all to be

That poor woman. And the poor children, too.

I wonder why he's ok in school - what's different there? He's not in mainstream, so something clearly went wrong there, but then he's well behaved at school now - that's obviously great but his poor mum knowing he's taking it all out on them at home.

What an unhappy house, I feel sorry for all of them. I can only guess his mum isn't getting much support in how to handle his ADHD.
Poor wee brother getting hit then the older brother defending his mum.
Theres a lot to going on, hope they can help them.

I am watching it too.
They didn't mention when it all started. And what about other adults in this family's life.

It's just the mum, I think.

I keep looking at her being so physically close to him and knowing she's going to get punched - it's really awful.

So sad for all the family. I feel for them,at seven I thought that one day my own ds would kill me (he has autism) but with brilliant support from a psychologist I learned strategies and ds learned to communicate and the young man he became is a quiet gentle soul thankfully.

It's helping her just having the other woman there, isn't it?

he has no seat belt on and is in the middle,sudden break and could be injured

He is very insecure child.

The violence is horrendous. I really feel for her. Especially as her dad was abusive too.

Hopefully the ignoring will work for her.

I think the problem with this sort of programme is that the psychologist doesn't seem to realise that if she is there, it's different. The mum has an ally and therefore can behave differently (not as desperate) and it's clear the boy isn't as bad if someone else is there. Then the psychologist takes the credit for any changes - it just doesn't seem fair.

I missed the start so didn’t catch his age or background.

I’m gobsmacked and feel so awful for his mum and family. How can so much anger and aggression come from someone so small?

I really hope she gets help with him. I have no idea how I’d cope if it was me. She seems lovely too but sometimes too much in his face.

I hope that end of this episode will show them few months later with sustained progress of Joe's behaviour.

It's so helpful to have a fresh pair of eyes looking in. Twenty years ago ds got the same sort of support because he had extreme challenging behaviour. In our health authority now there isn't the funds available to offer that service anymore. It's short term vision though because early intervention whilst initially costly saves in the long term.

Did his behaviour improve as a result, fleshmarketclose?

I think he's aged 8.

It's quite horrific isn't it? If he has ADHD, would he not be on medication? Not that that is the answer but he seems so completely out of control

He's addicted to that computer and he sits far too close to it, too.

Yes he hasn't hit anyone in years,he would never swear at me or anyone else in fact he is probably the most well behaved young man you could wish for tbh. With the right strategies, with maturity on his side and him being able to speak (he didn't really speak properly until he was seven) it all changed. Hard to believe really that we all have scars that he inflicted when he was small really because he's an absolute joy now.