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3yr old telling aggressive stories/lies

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sleepyturtle · 17/11/2011 14:33

this is my first post ever, so please excuse any breaks from the mums net norms..!

ive just turned my sons (3.5ys) favorite DVD off earlier than he would like, and after screaming, he turns to me and says 'im going to cut my mummy and daddy up into little bits with a pair of scissors and leave this house and go and live with annie (his best friend) and annies mummy'

these stories becoming the norm in our house. we took him to his nursery, he was reluctant to go - and came out with this: 'im going to catch the school in my big net and scoop it into the sky. all the children and teachers will fall out and then the school will be all gone'.

obviously - he didnt want to go to school, and this is his way of verbalising his displeasure with the situation.but ive been looking on the web for stuff about this to see if it is 'normal', and i cant find anyone saying anything similar - so i thought i would try here... im really just looking for some reassurance i guess!.

he has also recently started telling lots of tall stories (lies baisically!). his headmistress had a bad fall and ended up in hospital.... his friend got left at school and started crying cos his mummy didnt pick him up... all things that are not true, and that havent happened to him or us as a family... weird...!!? or normal..!??
thanks

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nearlytherenow · 17/11/2011 14:46

Similar here WRT the aggressive / tall stories. DS1 (3.3) will often if annoyed with me say things like "I actually don't love you any more Mummy, I used to love you but now the love is all gone and I only love Daddy". He came home from nursery (which he often protests about going to) last week and announced "Today was my very last day at nursery. All of the ladies said goodbye and everyone gave me cuddles and there was special snack to say goodbye to me. So I don't go to nursery any more." (complete nonsense).

He is also getting the hang of "small" lies, i.e. denying he has done things (at lunchtime "I DIDN'T get the bowls all out the cupboard" (while holding a stack of said bowls...)).

Suspect it's normal, if annoying, and even quite a good sign in terms of imagination and independence / ability to see themselves as totally distinct from us (i.e. the realisation that we don't actually know what they're thinking / what they do when we are not there, etc)?

PenguinsAreThePoint · 17/11/2011 16:00

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sleepyturtle · 18/11/2011 08:30

thanks guys - nice to have some reassurance... youve put my mind at rest...! i will try and enjoy his next one...

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