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4yo Anxiety Issues, Compulsive Behavior... Teachers think he is OK/fine
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<blockquote data-quote="JHart" data-source="post: 712371" data-attributes="member: 21820"><p>Found your post! Yes, I think you should continue to look into it, talk to people, but be open to concluding that it's not serious. The repeating phrases stuff seems like it must be something. One trick I use with doctors is to suggest I don't do anything further, as in, "I might not get that x-ray." and see how they react. If they are like, "You should really get that x-ray!" then I will get it, but if they are like, "Okay, let's just wait and see and call me if you have any further problems." then I conclude that the x-ray is probably overkill. I could see doing the same with a child therapist.</p><p></p><p>You're right that a lot of what you describe (though not the phrases) is similar to my daughter. She had social anxiety up until about 4.25 years. She still has it in new situations. We actually switched her to a smaller preschool where they had really loving teachers. This improved the situation A LOT. Her old school was bigger and the teachers were more like gung-ho camp counselors than loving parent-types. I think she needed the loving atmosphere to feel more at home. Unlike your son, she did show her anxiety at school by withdrawing, but she also showed it at home by being an emotional mess. She would bottle it up at school and then unleash it on us at home. </p><p></p><p>If possible, you might want to try changing to a smaller or more loving school, or try limiting his hours more at school - if possible. You could try a babysitter instead of school in the afternoons or several days a week. Some kids just can't handle that much school at that age. I know though that arrangements like that are often hard to put together. But we were helped a lot by going Mon-Wed-Fri rather than the whole week.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JHart, post: 712371, member: 21820"] Found your post! Yes, I think you should continue to look into it, talk to people, but be open to concluding that it's not serious. The repeating phrases stuff seems like it must be something. One trick I use with doctors is to suggest I don't do anything further, as in, "I might not get that x-ray." and see how they react. If they are like, "You should really get that x-ray!" then I will get it, but if they are like, "Okay, let's just wait and see and call me if you have any further problems." then I conclude that the x-ray is probably overkill. I could see doing the same with a child therapist. You're right that a lot of what you describe (though not the phrases) is similar to my daughter. She had social anxiety up until about 4.25 years. She still has it in new situations. We actually switched her to a smaller preschool where they had really loving teachers. This improved the situation A LOT. Her old school was bigger and the teachers were more like gung-ho camp counselors than loving parent-types. I think she needed the loving atmosphere to feel more at home. Unlike your son, she did show her anxiety at school by withdrawing, but she also showed it at home by being an emotional mess. She would bottle it up at school and then unleash it on us at home. If possible, you might want to try changing to a smaller or more loving school, or try limiting his hours more at school - if possible. You could try a babysitter instead of school in the afternoons or several days a week. Some kids just can't handle that much school at that age. I know though that arrangements like that are often hard to put together. But we were helped a lot by going Mon-Wed-Fri rather than the whole week. [/QUOTE]
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