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[quote=Anonymous]Help! My six year old son (almost 7) is really struggling to keep his hands to himself. His school has flagged the behavior a handful of times this year through email. It seems to happen during recess and gym. It's often characterized as keeping his hands to himself, but it can also be pushing, kicking, hitting -- a lot of time it is not reading the room and getting too rough during a game.

Academically, he is doing fine and I am unaware of him being disruptive in the classroom. He has one sibling, who he also gets rough with when they are fighting (two boys).  It turns physical quickly. I am at my wits end. We talk about it all the time, but it's not sinking in. Anyone else been there/ done that, and what worked for you? I'm worried it's going to begin impacting his friendships.

In case it's helpful, he doesn't have/ have access to a tablet or computer. No TV during the week, but he is allowed to watch some on the weekends (either an animated movie or show, or he also likes shows about building and science - nothing violent). We have him in organized sports (basketball, soccer, etc), which he likes fine but doesn't love. We used to have him in tai kwon do, but dropped it a few months ago for other activities as he didn't seem to care about it and it was quite expensive. We've spoken to his pediatrician about it, she said it seemed like impulse control but wasn't too concerned with ADHD or anything like that.

Would love strategies and suggestions!!!! Thank you!

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