My 81/2 yr. old boy has been a difficult child ever since he started walking and talking. Now he is impossible! In 2nd grade, he can't be bothered with school - hates it, although extremely smart (but only in what interests him). He just started to swear, calls me and my husband names, and is very violent - hits little brother (3yrs), friends, has tantrums, and could care less about consequences. Nothing scares him, and he has no respect for others OR himself. His pediatrician and his now 3rd counselor say it's "only" behavior, and that it will pass - but it's just getting worse. I have him on a behavior modification chart where he earns allowance or faces consequences - it worked for 2 weeks, and now he doesn't care. I have taken away everything that has any meaning to him - toys, heelys etc. There's nothing else to take away. He now threatens me and my husband that he will run away or kill himself. I have read countless books on behavior, but nothing works.....
I am clueless.
2007-05-21
06:33:20
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