My guys to to PS two days a week for three hours. They are happy when I pick them up and talk in the car about what they did that day. As soon as we hit the front door of our house the whining, yelling and mean streaks come out. They yell at the baby if he so much as looks at them, they get mad when tell them to take off their shoes. It doesn't take much.
I'm assuming they are tired and decompressing but I cannot allow them to lash out like this. Any suggestions?
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Re: Is your Pre-Schooler a beast when they get home?
This is totally normal and will get easier. My kids are like this some days but not all the time and sometimes, they will have 1 tantrum and get the energy out and then be totally fine. My 4 year old is worse with this than my 2 1/2 year old. SOme of it is pent up energy or emotions from being away from you or feelings about something that happened at school and feeling safe at home to express or just plan over whelmed and tired.
My older DD has always been fast to tantrum and fast to get happy after. I let her have her tantrum and am there for when she is calming down and just wants to snuggle. It goes a long way and she is always much happier the rest of the night. Maybe find a way for the kids to have some down time in their rooms or something like that to help ease the transition between school and home.
PP took the words out of my mouth- we even had a therapist tell us that it's normal behavior to lash out at home because he has been so overwelmed and forced to fit a mold at school. We have been dealing with tantrums with time outs (kind, gentle time outs- like you must lay on your bed with your blankie for 10 minutes), ignoring the bad behavior, and making sure our after-school/evening activities are laid back and low key. I have even recently allowed him to watch 30 minutes of TV when he gets home- he is so wired and distraught.
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It was like that for the first 3 weeks or so.
It's gotten much better since then but... I can totally tell when he's had a high sugar snack at school.
Raisins, goldfish or fruit- he's fine.
Brownies - not so much.
(each family takes turns bringing snack)
Just wanted you to know that you may see some improvement in a few weeks!
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My twins are 5! My baby is 3!
DS#2 - Allergic to Cashew, Pistachio, Kiwi
DS#3 - Allergic to Milk, Egg, Peanut, Tree Nuts and Sesame