Irreverent child who behaves bad with his teachers

[sweetfever13]

Hello. My nephew seems to be a normal kid he's 5 years old, he's very outgoing and smart but he has some problems at school. The teacher told us he behaves incorrectly. According to her, my nephew frequently gets angry with other students and to show them his disapproval he spits on them or pulls down his trousers to show them his ****. Everytime his teachers try to punish him he does the same thing (shows them his **** or pulls down his trousers as a sign of disapproval). The teacher says the other teachers are scared at what he does as they don't expect such a "violent" action from such a young kid. She said my nephew is unusually disrespectful to women (both teachers and girl students) in particular.

[Kevin Kennedy, Ph.D.]

If the systematic behavior management plan does not yield some pretty good results after about six weeks, I would arrange an evaluation with a pediatric mental health professional. His thought processes are quite unusal for a child his age and this may portend some emotional disturbaance.

[sweetfever13]

Dear Dr. Kennedy. I'll check the site. By the way my nephew often says hilarious things, he says that his dream is to become pope when he gets older. He has too many problems with her pre school teachers (one in particular), he has told us many times that she's crazy and that she wants to destroy him. One day he told her she should stay at home cooking and cleaning instead of working as a teacher, he has told us privately that I should marry her and make her my maid. His parents have told him many times he is not to show his private parts to anybody, that they belong to him only. However, he says he shows it to people because "it scares them off". Out of these things, he seems to be a very normal kid.

[Kevin Kennedy, Ph.D.]

He requires a systematic behavior management program and such a program will likely result in quick improvement. For a relaible resource for such a program, his parents should read (and follow) Lynn Clark's SOS Help for Parents (see www.sosprograms.com).