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RE: Say 'I Love You' the Wrong Way and I'll Kill You
Oh man, I was SO like your son when I was six. Until I was about 18, actually. Very "smart" (did well in school) ... but SO stubborn and close-minded. I think for kids, the key is to praise them for their effort, creativity, growth -- and not make a big deal out of grades, right answers, even wrong answers. Mindset by Carol Dweck explains this way better than I can.
It would be a wonderful world. Let's start that movement in our own lives, and hope it spreads :)
Yeah that son of mine, who is in prep, was busted gratifying the wall in the school toilets yesterday with a friend and when he was getting in trouble by the principle and vice principle he got so upset and scared he threw up on both of them! I swear, he's a seriously sweet, good natured, polite little thick head that does THE DUMBEST shit I've ever known a kid to do.