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[quote=Anonymous]My almost 9yo son is a great kid in many ways, but he has always had some difficulties with managing his emotions and either it's getting worse or I'm just getting too old to put up with this.

He is NT but had all kinds of minor issues in his younger years that were all successfully resolved (severe reflux, significant gross motor delays, speech delays, an intense head banging phase as a 2yo.) He also had some behavioral issues at 3yo-4yo; we left 2 preschools as a result of those. Since entering public school in K, he's been a dream in terms of school: he's incredibly respectful of authority and also incredibly eager to learn. His academic skills have gone from nonexistent in K to above grade level, and he's never once had a disciplinary issue at school, on the bus, or in sports or camp.

At home is a totally different matter. He's constantly sparring with his older brother and he becomes totally histrionic if he doesn't get his way. As in screaming, sobbing, making awful dramatic statements, etc. We don't give in, ever, but that doesn't seem to deter him. Today he's sobbed and screamed for several hours over the fact that some dragon game he plays on his Kindle reset itself and obliviated all his dragons. I tried to be sympathetic and tried but failed to fix it, but after a while I get fed up with the hysterics. He obviously can control the behavior - he's never done anything like this at school and even today he went to soccer practice in the middle of having this fit and had a great time, but then came home again and started up again.

Does anyone have any recommendations: books, counselors, tips on what this is or how best to address it? I feel like I have a toddler still and it's just unbelievably draining at this point.[/quote]

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