My nephew has meltdowns? It can be embarrassing.
I never had kids and my sister had him in her 40’s. He is almost 6. Not diagnosed with autism. He can be so impossible with her. For example we were at a restaurant and there was a line. Wait was about 20 min. We wanted to wait and so did her son but my sister didn’t want to so we had to go to a different restaurant. Her son cried and yelled how he didn’t want to go there. He starts to walk away from her in the parking lot. She yells at him he cries more. I can’t say anything or she yells at me “stop talking!” We drive to the other restaurant (I’m driving). They are yelling at each other. She is telling him “you have no respect for me!” “You would never act like this with your dad!” They share custody.
We get to the other restaurant and he is melting down how he won’t go there. Our parents are there (his grandparents) and my mom is able to come him down. We go into the restaurant. He seems ok. He loves avocado toast and poached eggs. When it comes he doesn’t like the little lettuce things on it and starts picking it off and throwing it across the table. The server is nice and says she will bring it back without that on it. They bring it back and he doesn’t like that the egg is on top of it and melts down again. “I knew this wouldn’t be good!” he yells and and cries making a scene. My sister takes him outside. A few minutes later she calls me and says we have to leave since he is impossible hitting and pinching her saying he hates her and wants to go to his dads. I pay the bill and get the food wrapped. We go outside and her son is still crying she is yelling at him. He is saying “you are making it worse!” “You’re my enemy!” “You made me go where I didn’t want to!” Our mom tries to calm him down and my sister yells at her to leave and don’t coddle him. (Even though she does in other ways). He won’t leave because he wants to go to the dollar store next to the restaurant but she says no because of how he is acting. Picks him up and he is crying and hitting her. People are watching.
Not sure why it’s like this. With his dad they go places, he is with his cousins and friends. When he is with his mom they rarely go anywhere she just keeps him in the house and they draw and build with legos. When she rarely does take him somewhere she is always fighting with him. Saying his name over and over. Don’t do this don’t do that. You can tell he gets annoyed and rolls his eyes. She also so hypocritical. For example she will tell him she will take him to a gaming place but then doesn’t. Then the other day I mention an event going on and the date was wrong on the website. She got mad at me saying I shouldn’t have mentioned it until I verified the date. Well it was on the website! Not my fault is was wrong. Usually she won’t take him anywhere. Especially anywhere he might see his friends because she never likes any of the mothers.
He is loving towards her also and forgets his meltdowns but when he is mad about something or not getting what he wants he is brutal.