My son is hurting other children - Page 3

[greeny]

Since this thread started, I've actually been more proactive with my son because I've been thinking about it more. He and dd like to play "school" at home (I'm the teacher, they're the students). So we've been playing a game called "What Would You Do?"

I set up a scenario, and then we act it out. For example, I'll say to ds, "What would you do if you were at the park and another boy took your shovel from you?"

His verbal response was, "Take it back!"

Or when I asked him, "What would you do if another child walked up to you and pushed you?" he answered, "Push him back!"

So that was a great opportunity to talk about what he should do instead.

Then we acted it out (very gently, of course).

I hope that enough practice like this will help him, in the spur of the moment, act appropriately. We'll see.

[fuller2]

Weird question--is he anemic at all? My neice went through an aggressive stage that was totally baffling to her parents. They found out she was anemic, gave her iron, and her behavior changed like the next day. I don't know why this might be, except that being anemic might make you tired and grumpy and just not able to cope.

Now when my son starts not being his usual mellow self I give him a quick dose of iron, or make sure he's getting it in food. I have no idea whether it REALLY helps, but it seems to, if only to make ME feel better because I'm doing something about it.

The other thing; when he drinks milk (not yogurt), it seems to make him aggressive. Nothing over the top, and I haven't done any double-blind studies or anything...but.