My mother has been having issues with my little brother for a while. He's 8, and he's constantly been a bad kid in school for the last two years. He apparently calls other kids named, and never listens.
We're trying to figure out how to fix him. My mother is starting to become sad because of this, because she's never dealt with it. I was a good child, I never got in trouble. This is new to her.
Please help me.
Teachers complain about him heavily. He's pretty much a bully.
We're confused, because he's never really been in a bad environment for him to turn out like this.
>>18510971
Take him to therapy, a counseler or psychologist.
Youre mother is fooling herself if she thinks she can do it all on her own. Whether it is parenting style on your mother's part, general family dysfunction or related to his own personal nature your mother can not help hom without outside help.
Children who act out in these ways usually have underlying issues. Take him to a therapist. Just because the environment he was raised in wasn't "bad" per say, doesn't mean it was the correct environment. Children who bully are often victims of bullying themselves, whether it be at home or at school. Was your moms parenting type more permissive or authoritarian? Maybe authoritative? Kids mimick what they see, I swear their brains are like sponges! A good way to deal with this is to teach empathy and sympathy, and also to find a way to get those emotions and energy out (i.e.; sports, art, etc)
Also, he could just be a little shit. Some kids are just fucking assholes, I work with 60+ of them, and the autistic kids during the summer.
>>18510971
where is dad?
>>18510976
bullies typically bully other in order to establish control in their life, because they were once hurt/felt vulnerable because of something that happened to them.
therapist or clinical social worker is a good idea