Hi Cathy. My son is 7 and really nervous, but what’s worrying me is his attitude towards his brother. His brother can sit and play nicely and he can just walk by him and pinch him. He is often not nice towards him and does things on purpose to make his brother sad and upset. I’ve tried many times to sanction him.
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CG. My initial thoughts are that something is worrying your eldest son or he feels jealous towards his younger brother. This is very common behaviour with younger siblings. Do you make a point of telling him how special he is? What a big boy and put time aside for one to one. Do the boys have separate bedtimes? I think they should so the older one can stay up a bit later. Also have you sat him down quietly, just the two of you and asked him why he is behaving like this and what he feels needs to happen to make him stop?
Thank you for your advice. The boys have the same bed time because they share bedroom and to be honest I don’t have one to one with my older son very often. I am going to change that and make sure I praise him and let him know he is loved. Once again thank you.
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