My 6 year old son hit his mom for not giving him a snack right away – I’m embarrassed
Rick Schindler
Geoff* has struggled with his son’s behavior for years. At the age of six, Alexander* caused stress throughout the house.
With “little to no impulse control,” he easily gives in to his intrusive thoughts, wreaking havoc around the house and everywhere he goes.
Geoff and his wife Hannah* have tried everything to keep their child under control, but to no avail.
“We used positive/negative reinforcement, reward tables, etc.,” Geoff shared Reddit. “Nothing works.”
Over time, they noticed that Alexander “seems to react angrily to kindness” and is “quite angry all the time.”
One morning the family decided to visit the local swimming pool to enjoy the summer sun.
The father woke up with a headache and couldn’t stand breakfast because of nausea. But he pushed the feeling aside and continued having fun with his child and wife at the pool.
“We had a wonderful time and a lot of fun,” explained Geoff.
But as they left the pool, he felt a growl in her stomach. “I was very hungry,” he said.
Geoff went to the vending machine and chose something to enjoy with Alexander.
But it wasn’t good enough for him, he admitted. “He wanted his own,” Goeff explained.
Hannah said that made perfect sense; She understood why her son wanted his own snack.
Unfortunately, Geoff was out of spare change and couldn’t get anything else. Luckily, Hannah had a solution. “She said he could pick something at the grocery store down the road,” he wrote.
But before they could continue their day, Alexander shouted, “No, now!” and slapped Hannah.
“My wife was embarrassed,” Geoff said. “He kept ranting about how much he hated us.”
He clarified that parents “don’t hit our kids” and “try to teach them it’s wrong.”
What should I have done?
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