Can't believe I'm posting again so soon!
I'm truly considering calling the psychiatrist but I'm not sure he can do anything to help.
difficult child often walks by and "bumps" into me He constantly steps in front of me, "accidentally elbows" me, etc... He knows darn well that we know they aren't accidents. We call him on it every time but nothing changes. (by the way, even though he is shorter than me he now weighs about 15 pounds more than me-so far I have not been hurt-he doesn't do it hard). He isn't out and out violent how he used to be, it's more of a passive aggressive type of thing? I'm not even sure if that is what to call it. It is subtle to a point and it isn't necessarily when he is upset about something.
This morning we took him to see "Mission Impossible". As he was walking out of the bathroom after the movie he "bumped" into me. I told him to stop. Then as we were walking through the parking lot he came up from behind and tripped me. Luckily I didn't fall because I could really have been hurt. difficult child did not understand why I was upset and didn't think he had done anything wrong because I wouldn't have fallen and I couldn't have gotten hurt.
When I tried to explain he just got angry and made noise to show that he wasn't listening. He did receive a consequence but this behavior has me really upset. It's to the point where I have to know where he is at all points so that he doesn't "bump" into me or make me fall, etc...
I'm truly considering calling the psychiatrist but I'm not sure he can do anything to help.
difficult child often walks by and "bumps" into me He constantly steps in front of me, "accidentally elbows" me, etc... He knows darn well that we know they aren't accidents. We call him on it every time but nothing changes. (by the way, even though he is shorter than me he now weighs about 15 pounds more than me-so far I have not been hurt-he doesn't do it hard). He isn't out and out violent how he used to be, it's more of a passive aggressive type of thing? I'm not even sure if that is what to call it. It is subtle to a point and it isn't necessarily when he is upset about something.
This morning we took him to see "Mission Impossible". As he was walking out of the bathroom after the movie he "bumped" into me. I told him to stop. Then as we were walking through the parking lot he came up from behind and tripped me. Luckily I didn't fall because I could really have been hurt. difficult child did not understand why I was upset and didn't think he had done anything wrong because I wouldn't have fallen and I couldn't have gotten hurt.
When I tried to explain he just got angry and made noise to show that he wasn't listening. He did receive a consequence but this behavior has me really upset. It's to the point where I have to know where he is at all points so that he doesn't "bump" into me or make me fall, etc...