Hello everyone, This is my first posting so here goes.
I have a 9 year old boy and boy/girl twins just turned 4.
My eldest boy was to be honest, perfect in everyway. We were very close, but everything was absolutely fine until his brother and sister were born. Since then, he has turned in to a monster and even now, 4 years later, he doesn't appear to be getting any better. Basically, he doesn't do as he is told, he back chats, he 'accidently' knocks the twins over and similar... anything to get attention or get them in to trouble. He is well behaved for everyone else to a point but he can try it on. He is however, well behaved at school, his work has gone down hill over the last couple of years going from the top of the class to barely above average. I've tried the nice approach, I've taken things off of him, done the naughty step and of course tried shouting which deffinately doesn't work. He has time every night with myself and his dad when the twins have gone to bed but he still doesn't get any better. I'm sure I'm not a bad person but thats how I'm beggining to feel.... has anyone gone through a similar experience or is this simply 'normal' for his age? Any advice would be gladly taken on board.
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9 year old son.... sibbling rivalry?
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Tanya35 · 24/02/2006 17:41
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