Always Blaming Someone/Something Else

March 30, 2010

My son is 8 years old and in 2nd grade. Our biggest issue right now is getting

him to acknowledge what he is doing wrong and taking responsibility for it. For

example.....in the cafeteria yesterday, his " foot was just sitting there, and a

3rd grader tripped over it " . He swears it was an accident. It is the same

story with everything at school (and at home for that matter). He constantly

says so and so got him in trouble....he is never doing anything wrong. I try to

explain to him that he is responsible for his actions, but this doesn't seem to

phase him. In fact, he will even blame objects. If he hits his foot getting

out of the shower, he will blame (and yell at) the shower door. I am

continually telling him he can not blame objects and that you cannot go around

yelling at objects!! It is driving me crazy! He ended up in the principles

office yesterday and can't seem to understand what he did wrong and is upset

that none of the teachers ever believe him.

He usually can not lie about anything, so I can't figure out if he is just

telling lies or if he truly believes these things. Just wondering if anyone

else has these issues.....

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