And he had a great time playing soccer with Chris, Jack and I yesterday evening.  I had a quick word with him before we started, just asking him to enjoy the game, have fun, not take it too seriously, not to overact etc.  And he was brilliant.  All four of us had a great time, lots of fun, and he then had a good end to the evening.

This morning started badly again, with Joey taking sooooo long over eating his breakfast, which led me to 'nagging' him and then an unrelated and completely over-the -top reaction.  Which led to Anne marching upstairs and putting him in casting, where he stayed for an hour or so.

When he came down, there was a long and difficult chat about what we expected of him re behaviour towards us.  And also some frank talk about how his over-reaction has, can and will lead to him not making or losing friends.  90% of the time, Joey is a brilliant and energetic playmate but there are times.........

Also pointed out to him the foolishness of spending 40 minutes plus in doing 10 minutes of homework because he fought it all the way and yet had never managed to get out of homework by acting that away.

Good news is that he did his homework very well, and has behaved very well for the rest of the day.

Good article in NYT today re drugging kids and the new 'normal'.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/19/opinion/sunday/raising-the-ritalin-generation.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all