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<blockquote data-quote="toughlovin" data-source="post: 389398"><p>Hi - I don't usually reach the early childhood forum because my son is 19 and I no longer have little kids. but the title of this thread caught my eye. It sounds like your friend was telling you your sons behavior is out of the norm and at least she tried to do it in a loving way. When my son was 3 I had a "friend" write me the most horrible letter, where she outlines all my sons fault, the problems I had as a mother and that my son was going to be a sociopath. It was awful and horrible and I just cried and cried. It ended our friendship. I believe she wrote the letter when she was drunk and thought she was being supportive and did not understand my reaction. How I wish I had had this forum then.</p><p> Your son sounds very much like my son. To be honest I would not read too much into the roughness with the animals. You might not want to have the animals but I would look at the whole picture. My son too was rough with animals when young but he also loved them greatly and as he got older he was very very good with our old dog.</p><p> What I would be really concerned about is the lying and stealing. Again that is something my son did and still does at the age of 19. That got worse and never got better. I think that is a symptom of a deeper issue and you do need to get help with whatever is going on, because although you want to believe he will grow out of it he probably won't without some serious help. Clearly my son still has major issues or I wouldn't be here..... although at this point his biggest problem is drug use.</p><p> Even given all that I still don't think my son is a sociopath. He has some serious problems and is currently in rehab. I think it is just plain ridiculous to label a 6 year old a sociopath. I just don't think it is a diagnosis that can be made at that age. And yes he has had some major losses in his life and those need to be addressed. So yes I do think you need to get some help but remember your sons behavior is not necessarily a reflection of your parenting and it absolutely does not mean he is a sociopath.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="toughlovin, post: 389398"] Hi - I don't usually reach the early childhood forum because my son is 19 and I no longer have little kids. but the title of this thread caught my eye. It sounds like your friend was telling you your sons behavior is out of the norm and at least she tried to do it in a loving way. When my son was 3 I had a "friend" write me the most horrible letter, where she outlines all my sons fault, the problems I had as a mother and that my son was going to be a sociopath. It was awful and horrible and I just cried and cried. It ended our friendship. I believe she wrote the letter when she was drunk and thought she was being supportive and did not understand my reaction. How I wish I had had this forum then. Your son sounds very much like my son. To be honest I would not read too much into the roughness with the animals. You might not want to have the animals but I would look at the whole picture. My son too was rough with animals when young but he also loved them greatly and as he got older he was very very good with our old dog. What I would be really concerned about is the lying and stealing. Again that is something my son did and still does at the age of 19. That got worse and never got better. I think that is a symptom of a deeper issue and you do need to get help with whatever is going on, because although you want to believe he will grow out of it he probably won't without some serious help. Clearly my son still has major issues or I wouldn't be here..... although at this point his biggest problem is drug use. Even given all that I still don't think my son is a sociopath. He has some serious problems and is currently in rehab. I think it is just plain ridiculous to label a 6 year old a sociopath. I just don't think it is a diagnosis that can be made at that age. And yes he has had some major losses in his life and those need to be addressed. So yes I do think you need to get some help but remember your sons behavior is not necessarily a reflection of your parenting and it absolutely does not mean he is a sociopath. [/QUOTE]
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