My son is 6.5 yrs old and the oldest of two boys, his brother is 4. My question is about is emotional/coping skills. He reduces to tears over large and small issues (falling and hurting himself gets the same response as a broken cracker or burnt toast) and is easily frustrated. He is a very bright boy in school, however, his teacher has expressed to us that she feels he is very anxious and seems to have a hard time making friends.
My perception of him is that he has great empathy for others, would like to be more like the other boys ('I don't really like sports the way the other boys do')and wears his heart on his sleeve-which makes it difficult with homework/parenting or any other type of instruction.
When we work on homework assignments, he does very well, its just so difficult to keep him focused on finishing the task without a battle. If he makes a mistake, he will constantly erase or reduce to tears and not want to finish. However, when he is done, he has a great sense of accomplishment.
I just want to do the best for him-I just feel that something is not right with. We keep coming back to the way he will just break down, which to us seems to be over nothing, but obviously to him thats just a trigger to another issue.
Please help.