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<blockquote data-quote="Malika" data-source="post: 588393" data-attributes="member: 11227"><p>Yes, he will physically start punching the air toward me in anger and then pull his hand back, obviously at the cost of some considerable effort, for example. He is a very <em>physical</em> child indeed, always wanting to grapple, touch, play-fight, etc, but rarely in anger - unlike when he was smaller.</p><p></p><p>We have talked about it, though he is reluctant and keeps saying things like "I don't want to talk about it!" so I have to press. He is clearly embarrassed at having been so out of control. He said simply that he was angry because he wanted a toy and I am sometimes a naughty mummy; he talked about a time recently when I gave him a slap (mea culpa) because he would not listen to me and kept on playing with something sharp and potentially dangerous... </p><p></p><p>He is obviously what you call a feisty child and very obviously not an easy one <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> He hardly ever goes with the flow - if I suggest doing something, anything, he will almost always whine and complain about it at first, even if he then ends up enjoying it. Obviously I am aware this is also to do with transitions and with anxiety. He will ask for things and then keep on and on when I say no - which I find intensely irritating... Not having what he wants is enormously upsetting to him and, despite the lack of biological link, funnily enough I was like that too as a child. I found it intensely emotionally upsetting that people would not listen to my desires and take them seriously... </p><p></p><p>Yet, curiously, when all is right in his world, he is the most delightful, affectionate and intensely alive and joyous child you could possibly imagine. Jekyll and Hyde, angel and demon.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Malika, post: 588393, member: 11227"] Yes, he will physically start punching the air toward me in anger and then pull his hand back, obviously at the cost of some considerable effort, for example. He is a very [I]physical[/I] child indeed, always wanting to grapple, touch, play-fight, etc, but rarely in anger - unlike when he was smaller. We have talked about it, though he is reluctant and keeps saying things like "I don't want to talk about it!" so I have to press. He is clearly embarrassed at having been so out of control. He said simply that he was angry because he wanted a toy and I am sometimes a naughty mummy; he talked about a time recently when I gave him a slap (mea culpa) because he would not listen to me and kept on playing with something sharp and potentially dangerous... He is obviously what you call a feisty child and very obviously not an easy one :) He hardly ever goes with the flow - if I suggest doing something, anything, he will almost always whine and complain about it at first, even if he then ends up enjoying it. Obviously I am aware this is also to do with transitions and with anxiety. He will ask for things and then keep on and on when I say no - which I find intensely irritating... Not having what he wants is enormously upsetting to him and, despite the lack of biological link, funnily enough I was like that too as a child. I found it intensely emotionally upsetting that people would not listen to my desires and take them seriously... Yet, curiously, when all is right in his world, he is the most delightful, affectionate and intensely alive and joyous child you could possibly imagine. Jekyll and Hyde, angel and demon. [/QUOTE]
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