A psycho pre-pubescent alien invaded my son's body tonight!!!!
By ktroth
@ktroth (378)
United States
February 8, 2007 8:47pm CST
OMG--my 8-year-old went crazy on me tonight. I swear I have never met this kid in my life! He is normally so sweet and easy going. He's not perfect, by any means, but has never spoken to me the way he did tonight. I took away the Gameboy because he was getting frustrated with a game and was whining and hitting it. He told me if I didn't give it back to him he wouldn't be good. WHAT??????? Of course I didn't give it back to him. It just went downhill from there. In the end, he got grounded from the Gameboy for 7 days (he uses it a max of 20 minutes a day, but that's still a good punishment because he loves it). We talked about it and he told me a kid in his class just got suspended for that same type of disrespectful behavior. I said "so why would you do that? You don't like the way that kid acts, so why would you act like him?" It didn't make sense to me.
I'm still floored by the whole thing. I know I need to let it go. He apologized and we talked about it a lot after we had both calmed down. But it really bugs me. Just needed to vent! If anyone can shed some light on this, I'd be grateful!
2 responses
@LightninStrike (5915)
• Saint Vincent And The Grenadines
9 Feb 07
Well as long as it is an isolated episode i don't think it is something you should really worry about, once you've given him the punishment that you have told us about. Sometimes kids need a path to get rid of their anxiety or frustration...and learning to deal with no and with frustration implies that sometimes they will get like that. I believe that we must maintain ourselves firm in those cases so that they don't learn that having those exaltation attacks will take them nowhere.
I think you did the right thing, and as long as this doesn't become a habit all is fine :)
@tippy1124 (19)
• United States
9 Feb 07
If he's never been disrespectful to you before, it kind of sounds to me like he may just be testing his "boundaries" with you. He saw the child in his class do it and he may have been curious as tho see what the reaction would be if he did it also.
