At first my husband and I thought he was a normal rough-housing little boy but lately he is not acting very normal. For about the last 6 months whenever he gets upset (this is often, he could just be sitting there playing and then start freaking out) he will get up and say things like, "FINE!! YOU hate me! I am going to kill myself!!" This is usually in response to *nothing* because it happens quite often when he is just playing. He will say things to me like, "Ok I will go get the knife then...there will be a lot of blood...", and, "you just want me to die!" and the obligitory, "You hate me!!"
He's physically destructive, but probably not too much more than a normal boy (I know his older brother was a little wreckless at times), but he can go through a clean room and make it look like a tornado just came through with couch cushions thrown about, chairs flipped over, kicked over clothes basket (for that matter, just emptying the drawers in his bed room). ~BUT~ He never hits his brother or sister unless they hit him 1st (this I consider VERY normal). He will take swings and kicks at me when I put him in time out. He cries tears a lot and is concerned that I don't love him anymore...
He prefers to be naked and would be that way all the time if he had his choice. He is completly potty trained but likes to stand up like he's in the bathroom and urinate on things like carpet and the couches. I don't know how to stop this because 'time out' for this behavior just seems to go right over his head.
He tells me about his dreams at night, usually they are violent but in a way like something bad is happening that he can't control, like earthquake and fires. To answer the question, he does not watch violent television or play video games.