How old do you think this child is?

[CookTheRice]

Sorry, I'm copying someone's else's idea, but saw a similar thread recently and thought it was helpful for the OP.

So, how old do you think this child is?

• Can get completely overexcited and silly and needs a lot of help calming down
• Sometimes shouts and hits at school/nursery - is also shouted at and hit by other kids there
• Can eat with cutlery but needs a LOT of reminding
• Can get self dressed but makes a tremendous fuss about it
• Very particular about things being done in the 'right' order/way and gets really cross if people who don't 'know' the order/way do it wrong

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3 or 4

Impossible to guess because it depends on the child and whether there are any sn.
Anywhere from 3 upwards. If sn involved then could be much much older.

3

I’m surprised as the 3? I would assume 7-10 but with ASD?

Between 3-5, although your last point could have a much larger range.

To me that could be almost any age of child up to about 11 as each child varies so much. You mention nursery/school and other children shouting/hitting so I'd say 4-6 ish sort of age.

Could be my 14yr old

Apart from the hitting it could be my 23 year old (who has special needs)!!

@Veuvelily

Could be my 14yr old

Could be my 14 year old too.

All normal behaviour for 3

That could apply to a teenager as much as a toddler! You can't decide a child's age based on a few vague descriptors!

I've worked with ND 16 year old boys that would tick all of those points, as well as lots of positive ones!

Since you mentioned nursery most people are going to think 3-5.

6?

6

Anywhere from about 2-12

The cutlery bit and the getting dressed description makes me think 4 or 5.

3 or 4

Anywhere between 3 and 10!

Could be anywhere from 3-12, especially if ND

I'd say teenager or toddler as by and large in the in-between years there is less shouting and hitting by the overall group of DCs!

Sounds similar to my 5 year old other than the hitting

Thanks, quite a broad range of answers. He's 5.5. In nursery because we are in Scotland and deferred.

We don't know if he has any SEN. Nursery raised concerns about it so we and nursery went to HV who said she didn't have any concerns based on what we had all told her and the fact that all his usual checks have been absolutely fine. So DH and I now feeling a bit uncertain! I've referenced here the worrying behaviours. Maybe I should have also referenced the behaviours which make me think there's nothing up which would include

• Makes friends easily and has maintained close friendships over years
• No behaviour issues or concerns at any of his extra curricular type activities
• Can be very mature and helpful e.g. I can ask him to chop the food for a soup and completely trust him with the knife

I suppose I just wanted to see if everyone said something like '3' (troubling) or there was a mix of ages. Our oldest child has always been very mature for her age so it's not very helpful comparing what she was like at the same stage.

Sounds like my 6yr old. Neuro typical. A lot of kids that age can be silly and hit.

4-5. I'd say 4 at least for the getting dressed and eating with cutlery. But most kids have stopped hitting by 4, so maybe younger if they're still being hit by others.

My laid back 3yo has become a bit of a tyrant at 4. It's not pretty when their will is thwarted these days. So fits with your last point.