After picking Alex aged 5 up from school we had an evening filled with challenging behaviour. Tantrums, answering back, rolling eyeballs and shouting at his younger sisters. When I questioned Alex about his challenging behaviour he replied to me…
“Mummy…I can’t help it you see. My bones are good, my arms are good, my legs are good, my skin is good. It’s this brain of mine. It keeps telling my body to do bad things. I never thought I’d say
this but …. I want a new brain. I want to take this one out and
get a new one that tells my body to do good things.”
You can’t beat his logic to remove all personal responsiblity. If I have ever found it hard not to smile when I absoloutly shouldn’t it was now. I’m sure you’ve experienced this too.
When I sent out a survey a few weeks ago, dealing with all this type of behaviour was a consistent challenge for so many parents. So I thought I’d make a blog post to share ideas and experiences. Tell
us about the times you have dealt with challenging behaviour successfully and share with us some of the funny things that have happend to you where you’ve found it hard to resist a smile.
One extra thing that I’d like to share is that we seem to experience spells of challenging behaviour linked to growth spurts. We go through tantrum after tantrum for a few weeks and then Alex has grown out of his trousers. I’ve heard other people experiencing this. Is this something that you have experienced too?
Keeping sane together throughout the absurdity of it all.
Alison
Izziwizzi Kids
