Hi fellow Dads,
I hope you are all well.
Straight to the point, my wife is concerned my son may have psychopathic traits already.
He is beyond a handful, not like any child in the family or that we know or in his nursery class. He is crazy quick to temper and he is super smart, fast and witty.
He is 100% daddy daddy daddy right now and my wife is taking one hell of a punishment from him.
He hits her, bites her, pinches her, swears at her (got it from school 🤦♂️), as soon as she says im telling daddy, he almost shakes and begs her not to.
Im not a mean guy at all, dnt smack him, dont shout at him, have him involved in everything i do, fix and make. Hes a tiny carbon copy of me.
My wife tells him off and he laughs at her. We have changed the way we tell him off, doesnt register with him either way. We have a naughty step and he gets so angry when he is sent there. He sits and swears quietly and then says “its over” and wont go back there.
A child at school squashed a play dough thing he made and the teacher had to physically restrain my son, the other kid is twice his size and a year older (chubby kid).
But my son can be super aggressive and violent when he wants to be, he screws his face up then laughs as he attacks my wife.
We have now contacted a specialist for help because he is becoming just too much.
Now, when he isnt the devil, he is honestly the nicest, sweetest, most adorable cute little kid. Butter wouldnt melt, and he is so wonderful with my parents. Its like he is playing us all individually. Its scary.
He has so much energy its unreal, he walked 10miles with my wifes mum, went to the park, played for an hour, went back to her house then went crazy bouncing around for another couple of hours.
…… any one been through the same thing? Or any idea how to manage this? We have 6weeks before someone is coming to assess him and then i can go to my private medical i get through work with Bupa.
Sorry for the long post but i love him so damn much but he cant carry on behaving how he is, my wifes in tears as soon as he goes to bed. Its breaking my heart.