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12 year old son cries and gets mad HELP

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My 12 year old son has been somewhat of a crybaby for sometime. I DO NOT believe that boys cant cry. I actually hate that saying, however, I have a son that will still cry if I ask him to clean his room! None of my other kids even think to cry or cried at his age. He gets so frustrated if he is asked to do anything. He either fusses and fusses or cries. I dont know what to do to help him break this behavior. HELP... first is this typical? Second, any suggestions??
Thanks so much! :)
Oh, PS he is not really immature otherwise, nothing wrong that should cause this behavior.
Thanks so much! :)
Oh, PS he is not really immature otherwise, nothing wrong that should cause this behavior.
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I feel your pain.........
I would suggest helping him to verbalize his frustration, and after you've helped him a few times, you can ask him to start trying to do it by himself.
I hope this helps.
My son can react like this at times. Sometimes everyday other times it will be awhile before it happens again. Invariably, when we think about it the times it happens is when he is busy or stressed.
I would be concerned if it felt like it is coming out of the blue. That would alarm me to him hiding something or closing up and combusting over the little stuff like cleaning his room...this has been my experience.
Jools, I have tried giving him a heads up like telling him 'today I would like your room cleaned, or this evening when you get home... but his poor little obsessive self doesnt like anything having anything over his head so would rather just get up and do it, and still gets frustrated. I agree with several thoughts on here. Probably just a combination of several issues. It is just nice to hear that others are also having this problem with otherwise good boys. shhheeeeeeeeeesh and they say women are hard to figure out.