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1401781 tn?1280842990

8 year old with attitude

look my 6 year old is a lovely boy at heart but also very vandistic, hurtful, selfish ect my husband and i seem to think he needs help he has a bad temper that is hard to believe but every time we try to seek help we get looked at as if we are the crazy ones. i love my son and other 2 kids but this has to stop we are constantly at arms with him and arguing 24/7 it is tireing and we have had enough what shall we do to get some sort of medium in our house again
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1401781 tn?1280842990
thanks for that yeah he is pretty much perfect and as for school,well he was bullied parently at old school so when we moved he decided he wanted to move to the school where we live but now he is so full of himself and attitudey. but he can be a lovely child it is a shame he is how he is, so where would i go for any sort of help!!!
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It sounds like you need family therapy.  From what you say it sounds like no one else ever sees this behavior - is he fine at school,  in public,  at doc's offices,  etc?

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