Thanks guys!
Honestly, I can't tell if it's just this boy or if I'm burning out. Truth is, I had 2 boys for a year that were sooooo bad but as most of us do we think we can 'help' or wait it out. I ended up waiting it out with these 2 boys because I knew they would be leaving at the end of the school year and was hoping that I could be a positive influence in their life. I thought everything was going to be so much better once they had left. I purposely didn't take any more children for the summer because I wanted us all to have that break. Honestly, it was, for the first month and a half of the summer and now it seems that this particular boy and his sister (who is only before and after school) have upped it a notch and have seemed to take the place of the 2 boys I had just finished with. The last couple weeks I have been dumbfounded and left asking myself what in the world has happened to them (mostly this boy), myself, and even my son (he's starting to misbehave). I was hoping that it was just the end of summer jitters getting out of their system (all of us just getting sick of being with each other everyday for almost 10hrs and just wanted scheduled life and routine to get back on track) but seriously! School has been back in motion for over 2 weeks and things just seem to be getting worse and I just keep getting more and more on edge.

I will definitely be working on all of your suggestions in hopes that this slump works it way out. However, I do feel that if it keeps getting worse that I will have to terminate
I'm back at the 'well they are only going to be with me until the end of the school year' thinking but I don't think I can wait it out again like I did with the previous family. 12 months is too long to feel like this.

I'm hoping and praying that this is just a slump and that I am just being too sensitive because I'm burnt out.

Thanks Ladies for being on this forum and for being such a support