This morning I got a call from Older Boy's daycare. He is having trouble following instructions and is manipulating his caregivers. Any time he doesn't want to follow directions he starts to cry and says he misses his brother and sister. Every time he was supposed to go to timeout he does the same thing.

He did this at camp as well when he didn't want to quit fishing.

Yesterday at daycare he didn't want to listen so he ran out the front door and out into the parking lot. When he received a consequence for it he cried and sobbed about his brother and sister.

It is a manipulation technique. He does it at home, too. He never mentions them unless he is in trouble or is supposed to be doing something he doesn't want to.

I talked with the daycare and from now on we are both going to tell him that we will talk about his brother and sister as much as he wants to after he completes his timeout or the task he has been asked to do.

I warned daycare that this is when I get the most aggressive behaviors at home. She said they are prepared and are hoping them come out so he has to deal with them.

Yesterday he was purposefully picking fights with his peers and bossing them around.

Prayers Older Boy will start to "get it". They are concerned for him at daycare and the boys go back to school in two weeks. This behavior will NEVER be tolerated at school.