My son is 5. He is a perfectly healthy, sensitive, and generous boy, but lately his temper tantrums are getting out of control. He hits, he breaks stuff, and he's usually screaming that he wants something he can't have (like a toy, turn to play, etc, or he's screaming about me not responding immediately to whatever he just asked me.A little background - I divorced my husband three years ago and for the first two years we did 50/50, but the last year I fell on hard times and only saw the kids 3-4 times a few hours a week. I'd normally contribute these kinds of outbursts to this, but his Dad was also a screamer up until recently and I feel that may have rubbed off on him. I got my life together about 4 months ago and am enjoying 50/50 custody again. My son is now very clingy and is also dealing with a lot of fear lately (can't sleep alone, can't go to the bathroom alone, can't be in a room alone) and I'm just so scared I've damaged him beyond repair from not being a stable figure in his life for that year.My question is what do I do what do I do when he's in a rage? I am a very passive person and do not raise my voice or hit the kids. I can't leave the room so he can cool off or he will become a petrified screaming mess. I try and reason with him but he's a bit beyond reason. Usually I just talk to him and try to get things out of his reach that I don't want thrown and wait for him to scream for a hug.Seeing him like this makes me unbelievably sad and I feel so helpless. This is not his personality at all but it just seems to be steadily getting worse.His Dad does not want him in therapy and won't even consider it. Our co-parenting relationship is pretty shaky and I don't want to rock the boat so hard it goes up in flames by taking my son to see someone without his permission. via /r/Parenting https://ift.tt/2Qe7Rw6
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