April 2021 Babies 🇺🇸

SOS I need advice. My son is a crazy person. For ref he is 5. He has 0 empathy and I know that's normal to a degree but it seems like more than normal. My son was playing today and my friend made a comment about how our kids don't ever seem to get along. They are very different and that is true most of the time. I think they are both at fault. Her son kept trying to have time alone and my son kept ignoring his boundaries and following him. Or the kid came over several times saying my son had pushed or hurt him. My son is pretty big and oblivious of his surroundings (absolutely not an excuse) but he does sometimes accidentally bump into him and it's an issue. So they wound up leaving and he started playing with another group of friends. A girl his age and 2 older boys ages 9 &11. They kept telling on him to their mom's that he pinned down the one kid and choked him. Then he said the F word. Then they came back again and the 11 year old kept calling my son dirty and was having like a panic attack bc apparently my son kicked and punched him. We apologized and obviously left. I asked him in the car what the heck happened and he just kept saying "idk". Then, he has mentioned multiple times he was sad bc he wanted to go get ice cream (and I didn't take him to get a treat because of his behavior). I am extremely sad, selfishly, because I can't have any friends. I don't feel like I can take my son out where other kids are playing because he is going to hurt them. I am concerned that he has adhd/impulse control issues but that is absolutely not an excuse for his behavior. He 100% knows better and still is mean. This is not the first time we have had issues with him hurting other kids. In fact he hurt his little sister just a few weeks ago bc he was getting "frustrated with her" and I guess he didn't think walking away was a better option. I tried to drop him off at a day camp & he knew I'd be dropping and coming back to get him in a few hrs. He absolutely lost his mind when I went to leave. He was screaming. He cussed out the teacher and punched her in the chest when she tried to keep him from eloping outside in the snow without shoes on. I get that boys are more rough but I can't hover over him every time we leave the house. Not that's we are going to have anywhere to go soon when we have no friends left. I took away TV indefinitely until we can figure out what exactly the issue is. I am hesitant to take away library programs for multiple reasons but I have taken away places where he free plays with others like the park and indoor play areas. Idk if it's my parenting or something in his brain but I'm concerned enough that I called multiple therapy places to get him evaled. Do I need parenting classes or to be more strict? My husband wants to revert to how we were raised in the 90s but idk if that's the answer either. I just need someone to talk to 😭

For the last week going on 2 weeks my son has just been acting out hitting his teachers screaming yelling crying like I legit don’t know what’s wrong with him it’s like he hasn’t been right since the daylight savings time I honestly don’t know what to do

My daughter will be 5 in April. This is her first year in any type of PreK or daycare setting. Today I reached out to her teacher regarding something totally non related but also asked for an update on how she is doing overall. The teacher responded with she is doing well with writing her name and number/letter recognition but is still struggling to play with kids closer her age and would rather play with the younger class ages 2-3. My daughter has an almost 2 year old younger brother and is an extremely reserved and nurturing individual. She absolutely loves to play babies/school/church and more “real” life scenarios. My daughter has told me that the boys like to run and be loud and some of the other girls play things like acting like cats. The teacher said my daughter has a hard time “getting on the other kids level of imagination”. When I said she likes to play more real life things she responded with well the other kids don’t like to play that. I’m having a really hard time as a parent understanding what the teacher is saying is wrong with my daughter and how I can better help my daughter socially.

Can we start a thread for remote jobs hiring and list details. I know I am in need of a job with a fast turnaround so let’s help each other!

My daughter has had a runny nose on and off since the beginning of October. I finally took her in last week and she given antibiotics for a sinus infection. She only goes to preschool 2 days/wk. She went 2 days this week and has a little runny nose again. Is this common for a kiddo that has never been in the daycare preschool environment?