This child sounds very much like an abused child who is repeating behaviours that he thinks are normal. Can you imagine this child at home and scared? maybe not but I guarantee you he is and he acts out in the places that he is the one with the power, he is the one with the control that he doesn't have at home.

If his home life is like that then that is how he will behave. His mother will be the type that butter wouldn't melt in her mouth and she seems like the best mother on earth; attentive, mild mannered etc. This is part of the make up that creates this sort of behaviour pattern.

I strongly advise that he see a school psychologist, preferably a psychiatrist. This child is a disaster waiting to happen and if it isn't too late already, there isn't much time for an intervention.

I've seen this happen and I despair at the way some parents bring up their kids; kids who are psychotic before they are 6 years old. Violently treated by their parents.

Please get this child some help, because what you are seeing is a miniature of the parent that is creating him; quite possibly a parent who goes to great lengths to appear concerned but couldn't truly give a damn as long as his or her life isn't disrupted, especially their money making time,

Rhiannon