My teen son hits his younger brother!!
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My teen son hits his younger brother!!
| Mon, 07-24-2006 - 11:56am |
I need advice quick, before I decide to call the police on my son. My older son who is 16 about to be 17 end of August constantly is hitting, shoving, pinching, etc my younger son who is 8 about to be 9 beginning of August. Yes I know younger son can be a little annoying to older son, but it works both ways. It's to the point that my younger son came to me almost in tears and could not breath, older son had punched him in the ribs for coming in his room. It's getting worse each time this sort of thing happens. I told him next time he lays a finger on brother that I would come after him myself (I actually would like to hit him myself for being abusive or call the police to come talk to him about his abusiveness). What do other parents do??

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OUCH! I'm with HeartsandRoses and the other (forgot name sorry) your son needs an eval and I bet there is some family counseling needed as well. This sort of behavior does not spring forth from a vaccuum. The age difference is what is REALLY getting my attention as well. 8 years difference is just way too great to see this sort of banter.
My boys are 2 years apart and my older DS got it into his head for a while to get rough with younger (and much smaller)
I've seen this alot too, and imo what it comes down to is that parents who say they "do not allow it" have never really had to deal with it. You are so right in that just "not allowing it" doesn't work. Girls get pg, kids smoke, drink and experiment with drugs whether parents "allow it" or not. It's just not that simple.
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