8-yo DS can't take a joke

[Anonymous]

is this due to anxiety? he get all riled up for even the sightliest poke of fun on him, but he has no problem making fun of others.

i made a bad decision tonight by jokingly suggesting he should ask one of the girls who pick on him as the 'helper' of class chores and he got so mad he wanted to throw his jacket at me. now this is pretty extreme but other times liking joking about buying him an xbox - on the third time he was yelling at me to stop annoying him.

what do you think? he has attention challenges but i don't believe this is that. tks!

[Anonymous]

Really? You sound like a jerk;I agree with him.

[Anonymous]

OP, your sense of humor is not particularly "funny" - your teasing is annoying especially because you already know your son is sensitive about the things you joke about. Stop it.

[Anonymous]

Is he an only child?

[Anonymous]

Most kids are this way, OP. I also think you need to stop teasing your child. Very few children have the aplomb to react well to being teased, especially about the things they are anxious about.

In fact, most people in the world don't like being teased, taunted, or made fun of. I think your sense of humor is a little sadistic. Dial it down.

By the way, children learn from their parents. If he is making fun of others, perhaps it is because you tease and taunt him about his problems?

[Anonymous]

how do you "joke" with him about buying an Xbox? I'm trying to understand the joke. What would you say?

I'm going to buy you an Xbox. Just kidding?

[Anonymous]

Cruel and a mean thing to do to your child who already has challenges... If this is how you, an adult and his parent, relate to your 8 yr old son, you have issues

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:how do you "joke" with him about buying an Xbox? I'm trying to understand the joke. What would you say?

I'm going to buy you an Xbox. Just kidding?

pretty much... but Xbox 360

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is he an only child?

no but he's 1st.

[Anonymous]

Is this post real? It can't be...no mom would find something like 11:16 funny.

[Anonymous]

Troll

[Anonymous]

Try doing that to an 8-year old girl and you will have an emotional train wreck on your hands.

Sorry but you aren't funny. What you are doing is mocking & teasing must kids & lots of adults don't handle it well. You can teach him that some people are jerks & will "joke" like what you are doing & teach him best way to react & handle himself.

[Anonymous]

You are a bully.

[Anonymous]

So you told your son 3 times that you were buying him an X-Box and then said "just kidding" and you don't know why he got mad at you? This has to be a troll or else you are one of the more disgusting parents I've ever encountered. Can't wait til your son is a teenager and you can't understand why he hates you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So you told your son 3 times that you were buying him an X-Box and then said "just kidding" and you don't know why he got mad at you? This has to be a troll or else you are one of the more disgusting parents I've ever encountered. Can't wait til your son is a teenager and you can't understand why he hates you.

Not a troll. Not the most disgusting parent either unless you live in a bubble. Don't be so dramatic. I was just messing with him. Are you saying hes justified to throw the jacket at me?