DD is 7 and is literally ruling the roost with her emotions. We are at our wits end and wondered if anyone had any similar experiences.
She cries at the drop of a hat, is anxious about everything, creates worries that don't actually exist, refuses to go out and play when the kids knock for her and sobs every morning before school.
She is in a new school, and so I am allowing for some tears and anxiety around the change, but the ad hoc crying, the lack of interest in making friends and general anxiety seem to have been at play before the change in school.
She is academically bright, but the whole social skill gap is really worrying me. I've tried everything I can think of, rewards for not crying, rewards for less crying, ignoring, reasoning......I'm literally walking on eggshells every day now, trying not to say anything that worries her or upsets her.
I've taken her IPad away, as the screen time seems to trigger more negative behaviour. She will sit attentively on it, but will freak out when we ask her to turn it off.
Sigh.....is the DR an option or are we just in the middle of a phase she'll grow out of?
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HeilandMoo · 20/09/2016 20:34
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