I have 3 children. A teenage daughter, a 12 year-old son, and another 7 year-old son. My youngest has been having anger management issues. At our swim club, he plays in the tennis classes. He is typically the youngest, and so sometimes the older kids joke around with him. This gets him very angry. He doesn’t like being treated like a "little kid." He bares his teeth and snarls at them when they do things like this. I don’t know what to do. These kids aren’t teasing him, really. They just say something like, "Hey, what’s up buddy?" and he gets very angry!
He also gets very angry when he is losing. He and my 12 year-old son are very competitive with each other. They both are very involved in sports. When they are playing with each other, if my youngest is losing, he immediately gets very angry and possibly violent. He might throw something around the room, or go after my other son, trying to hurt him. He doesn’t think anything of the fact that his brother is 5 years olde
older than him, and he is smaller than his older brother, so of course he isn’t going to beat him in the things they do together. This competitive anger also applies in situations like board games and bowling, where it doesn’t matter at all! I
older than him, and he is smaller than his older brother, so of course he isn’t going to beat him in the things they do together. This competitive anger also applies in situations like board games and bowling, where it doesn’t matter at all!
My husband and I have repeatedly punished him for these acts, wheter it’s going to his room or missing activities. He doesn’t stop this behavior and I don’t know what to do anymore! He has also started to pick up swear words from my older children, although they do not say them often in front of him. He has been severely punished when saying these words in front of other people when he is angry. I have asked my older children not to swear in front of him.
What should I do?
Have you tried SPANKING
of course not