Jenniferm3389
Scared Mom
My 5 1/2 year old just started Kindergarten 9 days ago and 3 of the days he has had a bad report sent home. This issues surround Self-Discipline and Respect and have included:
*Took a kids glasses and threw them in PE after the coach told him not too
*Threw a chair in class when he got mad
*Shoved a chair at a kid when the child said something unkind
*Didn't listen in Art class
*Hitting students
*Distracting & bothering students
*Ran from teacher and PE coach
*He also cries when he doesn't get his way so the other kids are calling him a baby.
At home the issues are:
*He cries when he doesn't get his way
*At home he yells contantly and is very disrespectful
*Grabs toys from his sister when she is playing with them
*Breaks toys
*Cannot stop touching things even when told to stop
*Will rarely make eye contact when I am trying to talk to him
*Runs through the house constantly
*Doesn't listen and laughs when being punished
*Refuses to clean up his toys
Home dynamics:
*I work in the day and dad works at night
*Dad does not interact with the kids at all and just watches TV all day
*Dad does not discipline and just yells constantly
*During the day nothing is picked up or cleaned up
*Dad will walk over a mess instead of picking it up or will kick it out of the way
Current thoughts:
*Dad is setting a bad example to the kids
*Wondering if the issues with my son are not coming from his father
My role:
*I have talked myself blue in the face
*Purchased parenting books that husband refuses to read
*Trying to redirect my son in a positive way
*Don't think it is working because there is no backup from my spouse
*Trying to live with the chaos but it is taking it's toll
I have depression and anxiety
Oldest son 19 is in rehab and on all sorts of medications for mental issues
Oldest daughter 16 is on Prozac
Next son 14 ???
Next daughter 10 ???
Son 5 Anxiety/depression? ADHD, sensory processing disorder (SPD), ODD?
Daughter 3 - she is just a normal crazy
Any thoughts and advice are welcome because I am at a loss. Wondering if ending this marriage is what may be best for my kids. (Husband is the father of the last two - the older ones do not live with us.)
*Took a kids glasses and threw them in PE after the coach told him not too
*Threw a chair in class when he got mad
*Shoved a chair at a kid when the child said something unkind
*Didn't listen in Art class
*Hitting students
*Distracting & bothering students
*Ran from teacher and PE coach
*He also cries when he doesn't get his way so the other kids are calling him a baby.
At home the issues are:
*He cries when he doesn't get his way
*At home he yells contantly and is very disrespectful
*Grabs toys from his sister when she is playing with them
*Breaks toys
*Cannot stop touching things even when told to stop
*Will rarely make eye contact when I am trying to talk to him
*Runs through the house constantly
*Doesn't listen and laughs when being punished
*Refuses to clean up his toys
Home dynamics:
*I work in the day and dad works at night
*Dad does not interact with the kids at all and just watches TV all day
*Dad does not discipline and just yells constantly
*During the day nothing is picked up or cleaned up
*Dad will walk over a mess instead of picking it up or will kick it out of the way
Current thoughts:
*Dad is setting a bad example to the kids
*Wondering if the issues with my son are not coming from his father
My role:
*I have talked myself blue in the face
*Purchased parenting books that husband refuses to read
*Trying to redirect my son in a positive way
*Don't think it is working because there is no backup from my spouse
*Trying to live with the chaos but it is taking it's toll
I have depression and anxiety
Oldest son 19 is in rehab and on all sorts of medications for mental issues
Oldest daughter 16 is on Prozac
Next son 14 ???
Next daughter 10 ???
Son 5 Anxiety/depression? ADHD, sensory processing disorder (SPD), ODD?
Daughter 3 - she is just a normal crazy
Any thoughts and advice are welcome because I am at a loss. Wondering if ending this marriage is what may be best for my kids. (Husband is the father of the last two - the older ones do not live with us.)