Could someone please give me some advice.
My 5 year old son has recently been misbehaving in school. He has always had massive amounts of energy and for some reason has this thing about being the first at everything. It was first brought to my attention just over a week ago when he mentioned the other children were calling him a bully which distressed me i have to say. Upon speaking to his teacher it transpires that he is so eager to be first and always running about he has been bumping into other children. Today he did this to a girl in his class but another boy in his class started to chase after him so could take him to teacher for them to "tell him off" My son obviously ran off and this other boy last week banged my sons head into a wall. This caused my son to again bump into some others again only making things worse. I was stopped by his teacher tonight as a lot of the children are now calling my son a bully. I have tried having a chat with him, taking things off him and a reward chart BUT i DONT KNOW WHAT ELSE TO TRY. I am not sure that what he is doing is in any way vindictive enough for them to call him a bully but I admit he is very boisterous. How can I calm him?? Please help
Please talk to the teacher asap before this escalates. You can't help the situation much as you are not there. The teacher needs to intervene to sort it out. Ask for an appointment and ask what the school is doing to sort the situation out.
Sure, you can talk to your son about not always wanting to be first etc and the problems that might cause, but you can't manage his behaviour (or the behaviour of others) when you are not there to see what has happened or to sort it out. It is the teacher's job... please make sure the teacher does her/his job. Ask what strategies are being used to help ease this situation and ask how you can support the school 9it sounds good!!!)
