My 6 y.o. son, normally kind of an angry guy, we've worked on that since age 2, now has two new habits and no amount of talking to him about it have made a difference. One is that when he is really angry, he threatens, "I'm going to set this place on fire." Such as a restaurant where he was angry at the server who mistook a toy for garbage and threw it away. We've told him that if he says this at school, it will be taken very seriously, and he could get in a lot of trouble. He continues to say it. We've given him examples of other things he can say, "I'm really mad!", even would be okay with "I hate this place." or something along those lines, but fire, sheesh.
He also talks a lot about "smacking butts", never seen him do this until just now, he has a friend over and told his friend to "smack my butt", they are pretty wound up and silly but just had another discussion with him. This is another thing we've talked to him about when he has said it before, that it is not appropriate, even if you are just saying it and not doing it, even if you are kidding. We don't smack people, and we don't smack their butts. This behavior is courtesy of another child he went to school with over a year ago, although he didn't focus on this particular behavior until recently.
I am just at my wits end. It just seems like we are always dealing with some type of behavior and it goes on and on and on. Gotta run, my toddler is climbing on the table. Any advice would be helpful.
He also talks a lot about "smacking butts", never seen him do this until just now, he has a friend over and told his friend to "smack my butt", they are pretty wound up and silly but just had another discussion with him. This is another thing we've talked to him about when he has said it before, that it is not appropriate, even if you are just saying it and not doing it, even if you are kidding. We don't smack people, and we don't smack their butts. This behavior is courtesy of another child he went to school with over a year ago, although he didn't focus on this particular behavior until recently.
I am just at my wits end. It just seems like we are always dealing with some type of behavior and it goes on and on and on. Gotta run, my toddler is climbing on the table. Any advice would be helpful.
