![]() He went under his covers and started screaming all sorts of inflammatory and threatening things. For example, the other day I was giving his little sister a piggyback ride down the stairs in the morning. He is also a perfectionist and will be very self-critical when he doesn’t do things perfectly. Every single performance he has participated in he turns his back away from the audience. He doesn’t like people focusing attention on him or looking at him. Gabriel is also very sensitive and self-conscious. But the second something doesn’t happen exactly how or when he wants it, he is explosive. When he is happy, he is the most delightful child. When we hold to the limit, he will escalate and sometimes will have very intense tantrums that can last over 30 minutes. We are constantly negotiating with limit setting. He will get very threatening and aggressive physically and verbally: slamming doors, hitting, and lashing out verbally. But he still has a lot of tantrums, which we thought would be over by this age. Our five-year-old, Gabriel, is a very bright, funny, charming little guy. ![]()
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