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Originally Posted by Sannah
So you are in a negative cycle with your son? You can turn this around by spending positive time with him doing something with him. Children respond very well to positive attention.
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This is very good advice and I try regularly to do so. However, the minute I have to go do something else, he gets mad. He is happy when he has my complete attention but if I turn my attention elsewhere, he is instantly upset and throws a tantrum. He also tends to try and bully me during our play sessions. He likes to control them. If we are playing a game, he tells me all the rules and constantly gets upset with me when I don't do things exactly his way. If we are reading, he names the book and then instantly seems to stop paying attention or will tell me I am reading it wrong. (He is a kindergartner who reads at 3rd grade level and is in special classes at school.) I try really hard to give positive attention but I am so worn down by the negative things he does that I have no energy left and no will left in which to force myself to be positive.