Hello, I haven't been in touch with Mumsnet for some time, the last time my husband got annoyed as I was spending too much time typing rather than doing normal stuff!
Anyway, I have a 5 year old Son, he is a very sensitive little soul and is in Reception year at school. Well, it took him a long time to settle in and after a while he latched onto a little lad who is one of the babies (in age) of his class. This little friend is a pleasant, quiet lad he tends so be moody but is intelligent and a nice choice. My son has had an obsession with him since I first invited him back to tea in an effort to help my boy settle into school.
However, before Easter, he was talking to me about how some of the other children say things he doesn't like and he gets hurt, I told him to walk away or tell a Teacher.
Well, since Easter things have been fine but suddenly he's telling me how no one will play with him, how his best little pal doesn't want to be his friend and how a few little boys are keeping calling him a Naughty boy, which he hates, my boy is not naughty and this is not a word the teachers use to describe behaviour, his class does have a "sad" board and when I spoke to his teacher yesterday she told me that my son isn't naughty and that he's only ever had his name on the sad board 2/3 times in the whole year for just silly things really.
Anyway, today his teacher csalled me in again and she said how overly sensitive my son is being, how he is crying at the least little thing, even getting upset very easliy over silly things like wanting a particular pencil for example. She also told me how he has screamed crying, I know how this is as he has a v loudly pitched cry, there are issues surrounding his speech and recently when he saw the school nurse she recommended he went for a hearing test.
Well, I asked my son today why he was behaving like this and he said it was because he is lonely in school and that no one will be his friend.
He did have nightmares last night and woke.
I think it is my fault as I have been suffering with depression, I hide everything behind smiles and get by through talking to everyone, I am a nervous wreck and thought I'd disguised it well to stop it affecting my son, but this has ultimately made me think that it's having a profound effect on him and his lack of ability to form relationships is all my fault, I can't see the wood for the trees at the moment, is there anyone out there who can advise me.
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I am not coping, my 5 year old is struggling in school and I think it is all my fault.
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kathsmj · 25/05/2004 17:38
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