I dont understand my 6 year old DS. For as long as he can talk he likes to talk to strangers about anything that interests him.
Like when we go to the supermarket, an old man came up to us and said something about him sitting inside the trolley ( he doesnt listen and runs off in the store otherwise and is a hazard for other people when running into them) , so my son asked if he was his grandpa. He knows who his grandpa is already.
Other thing is he walked before me next to a lady in the store and smiled at her and called her mummy.
He asks strangers on the playground if " are you my daddy?" Very awkward for me.
He also guesses asks people their age like a 7 year old can get " are you 23 years old?" Or a 30 year old mum is being asked if she is 50...just to say an example. Other kids in playground tease him because of what he says.
He also thinks people walking behind him are chasing him so he keeps trying to run off and cries " help I'm being chased" and it will continue until that person has walked passed.
I struggle with this and I want to take him to the playground but even though I tell him we dont talk to strangers he does it anyway...he just says odd things to people and because I'm so shy to talk to other people it makes me super anxious. He is not shy, not the slightest.
He even commented on some thugs standing on a bench that they shouldnt stand on the bench and they followed us wanting to cause trouble but they stopped when my son asked one of the youths if they were his brother!!
What do I do, is my son the only one being like this?