(sorry for length!)
I have been getting more and more worried about DD at school, not sure if it is unfounded or not. It’s a lovely, smallish, rural school and the teachers and head seem super nice and caring. In Foundation DD had a few issues fitting in with the schedule and playing with some of her classmates (she is very enthusiastic but also v. stubborn and can explode when she doesn’t get her way ). However in Y1 she was star of the week the very first week because the teacher saw such a difference in her – said she was really helpful and keen to learn. I think she appreciated the more rigid structure and rules.
But now she is slipping again. She seems generally happy but tells me the other kids call her a baby and don't want to play with her. She is quite babyish, very skippy and ‘hello sky hello trees’ kind of thing; this is very cute but it means she is also v. emotionally immature IMHO and doesn’t know how to cope with stressful situations or communicate her feelings.
Last week the head called me in for a talk because she had bitten one of the boys . This is the second time she’s done this at school. As before, she exploded and got very, very upset and took a lot of calming down. We have had a lot of discussions about her temper and while she can tell me what she should do when she’s calm, but when she’s upset it all goes out the window. At home as well occasionally if she doesn’t get her way she gets violent and starts hitting etc.
Academically as well I am a little bit worried. She is okay for reading and maths but her writing is definitely below average I think. She doesn’t write at all at home (makes excuses not to, and I don’t want to push it) and only writes about a sentence or so at school. DH was diagnosed with a form of dyslexia and had (and still has) a lot of trouble writing with a pen (no trouble typing) and I am worried she is suffering from it too. I often see posts on mn about boys not writing, but never girls .
Anyway I am going to discuss all this again with her teacher but I wondered if anyone else had a child in a similar position - very emotionally immature and insecure – and if it got better and how I can make things better for her. Any advice appreciated.
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Feel like DD Y1 is slipping and getting increasingly unhappy
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lucysnowe · 10/02/2014 22:54
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