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So pleased

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hmb · 22/11/2004 16:17

This is being posted because I am so pleased, but also to help all those mums of 'difficult' children.

Ds is wonderful but has always had difficult traits to deal with. He would bit other children, run away at a seconds notice, and would only do what he wanted , with anger if you isisted that he do something he didn't want to.

He went to a wonderful nursery and they were honest with me that they were a little worried at how well he would cope with reception, with more organised play.

I saw one of his old teachers today and she told me how astonised she has been when she saw him in school today. She said that he was hardly recognisable as the little boy she had known in nursery.

His teacher told me that he sat and listened to a wildlife expoert for almost an hour this afternoon! And this the little boy would would never sit down.

The school have been wonderful about letting him take part a little at a time and have supported him a great deal.

So I am just posting to say how proud I am of my little boy and also to say that there can be light at the end of the tunnel for all the mums of 'biters' and 'figiters'

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Hulababy · 22/11/2004 16:19

Well done to you and your DS

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tigermoth · 23/11/2004 06:40

What a nice message. I think it's such a good idea to post good news like this, to show that not all nursery behaviour traits are set in stone. I am really pleased for you, hmb. Well done your son!

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handlemecarefully · 23/11/2004 08:40

Hurrah! - that's fantastic news!

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Marina · 23/11/2004 10:45

That is wonderful news hmb, achieving goals like that is what makes the rest of it all worthwhile. Well done to him, you and his teachers!

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Donbean · 23/11/2004 10:50

Ahhh! you have made my day with that posting hmb.
Cant stop smiling now, Feel so proud, you'd think he was mine.

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JanH · 23/11/2004 10:58

That's such a heartwarming message, hmb. Good for him (and good for you too!)

I'm sure this has been discussed before but do you think that much of the "challenging behaviour" in preschool children we hear about now is different from the past, or is that with inspections and tests they are expected to conform at too early an age and many of them will just grow out of it?

I know there are some children who arrive at school totally undisciplined and that's another matter but I do wonder if a lot of it is actually normal rambunctious immature boyishness and that alarm bells are rung too soon.

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coppertop · 23/11/2004 11:18

Well done to little ds. It's also great that the school were willing to let him take things one step at a time. It can make a world of difference IME.

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Roisin · 23/11/2004 12:46

Great news hmb - thanks for posting.

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suedonim · 23/11/2004 12:55

Bless him, Hmb, that's lovely for all concerned, you must feel very reasured.

I must admit, I have quite a bit of sympathy for Janh's view - 4yo's aren't meant to be sitting down for any length of time. They've got energy to expend!

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