4 year old ran into the road

[witchygrub]

She's just started primary school. She wouldn't listen to me the moment I picked her up. She kept running away in the playground everytime I told her it was time to go home. She asked me to pick her up halfway home, but I refused. She had a massive tantrum and tried to take her uniform off, hit herself in the head, punched me. Then she ran into the middle of the road. I shouted at her to come back and ran after her to get her out of the road. I finally carried her home and told her that she's in big trouble at home.

I'm so angry at her. She's never done this before and I just don't understand why she's behaving like this. She was an angel all the way home yesterday. She could have been killed.

Good luck OP, starting school is a huge change in their lives, even if they have been at nursery.

I think sitting still and behaving in school takes so much focus and concentration that when they come out of school they have this burst of energy/ relief to see you/ mixing of emotions that they just need to move! All mine did it on school collections. Worse if we were
Picking up a pal to bring home too.

Minor frustrations in school, all the sensory environment noises touches learning singing doing it s huge - and the feeling for them when you collect them - all those emotions bubble up and they can't deal.
I used collect with scooter, snacks, lots of role play and reminders when I did pick them up, also a big tight body squeeze when you meet them can be grounding for them or a piggy back carry can help if they are exhausted !