Reply to 8 year old boy - behavior

Forum Index » Kids With Special Needs and Disabilities

Reply to "8 year old boy - behavior - need help"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous]I have a son that just turned 8.  I am at a loss of what to do at the moment with respect to his behavior at home.  I feel like I need professional help.

Since the beginning of August, it feels like I am interacting with a completely changed kid.  He fights with my husband and I about everything.  He is disrespectful to us - "I hate you", "I am not doing that", etc.  He is horribly mean to his 6 year old sister.  He purposely teases his 3 year old sister.  He is making our family life absolutely miserable.

This morning he decided that I needed to walk him to the bus instead of his dad.  Last year he did this by himself.  This year we have to take our kindergartner to the bus so we walk him as well.  He stood in front of the door trying to block me from getting out after arguing with me for 20 minutes about taking him to the bus.  I had a school conference to go to so I couldn't walk him.

I spoke with his teacher.  I know he gets easily annoyed by kids and doesn't know how to handle it.  I do wonder if the school day is full of frustration.  His teacher indicated that there is some of this going on.  He has always loved school, done exceptionally well, had some friends - not a ton, been a bit of an introvert.  This year, every day is "I hate school."

At this point, I am at a loss.  Do I bring him to a therapist?  Do I book my husband and I an appointment with a therapist?  I could really use some parenting help.  I have read Kazdin, and need to re-read it and start it up again.  I know that works.  But should I go in for a professional appointment?  His pediatrician handed me a list of therapists.  Nothing more than that.  He said if he can hold it together at school, then clearly he is capable of holding it together at home.  It was not super helpful since all I see is the anger, frustration at home.

We live in Northern Virginia (Lorton/West Springfield area).  Any recommendations would be appreciated.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics