The story of a son labeled a problem child and a mother who cannot lift her head because of it was revealed.
On the 2nd, Channel A's "These days parenting—My kid like a gem" featured a mother raising a daughter in second year of middle school and a son in sixth grade of elementary school, who poured out deep concerns.
That day the mother said "so well known that there is no one at school who doesn't know him," noting that she receives several emergency calls a day from the homeroom teacher because of her son's problematic behavior. She said "my heart trembles whenever the phone rings," and revealed urgent messages from the teacher and apology texts sent to other parents, evoking sympathy.
After continued problematic behavior, the child was ultimately forced to leave school early. Back home during a disciplinary session, the child smirked with a mocking expression, shocking the studio.
After the discipline, the child told the mother he would go to the school's computer lab and notified her he was going out. On the day he was sent home early for his behavior, when he said he would go out to play with friends, the mother strongly stopped him. But he ignored her, pushed her aside with his body and tried to leave; after a struggle in which the mother fell, he took the opportunity to run out of the house.
Barefoot in short sleeves and shorts without even socks, the production team chased after the child who ran off but could not catch him. The mother eventually sat down on the road and sobbed, adding to the heartbreak.
The panelists who watched this questioned, "We don't understand why he would try so hard to go to school on the day he was forced to leave." In response, Dr. Oh Eun-young offered a clear analysis of the child's behavior.
Dr. Oh said "this child has a strong tendency to confirm his presence through strength and hierarchy," and "the place where that works best is school." She added, "By committing the problematic acts themselves, the child feels a presence. He has a strong desire to appear powerful to his friends, and running out barefoot is also an expression meant to prove he is a 'powerful person.'"
She also said "that doesn't work at home. At home he is at the bottom of the hierarchy and his power doesn't work on his mother or sister," and diagnosed, "From the child's perspective, because home is a place where he cannot gain the inappropriate power he wants, he tries to go to school where he can confirm that power."
Meanwhile, "These days parenting—My kid like a gem" airs every Friday at 8:10 p.m. on Channel A.<
[Photo] Channel A "My kid like a gem" broadcast screen capture
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