4 year old emotional development

[Susututu]

I am worried about my DS emotional development. He is in reception and still cries if things don?t go his way. He finds it difficult to ?negotiate? in the classroom and while he is one of the younger ones, he is by no means the youngest. I should say he is very happy at school. My DD is 3.5 and sometimes I feel like I have twins. There is dyspraxia and dyslexia in the family. While his literacy and numeracy skills are reasonable, and we are trying to help develop his concentration he is still quite immature for his age. It won?t be long before other children will perceive his behaviour as unusual.

Susututu if you are worried then ask the school to get him assessed. It could be that he is just immature for his age, but if you have any doubts then take it further. I knew my son wasnt just immature, turns out he has a form of Autism. Not saying thats your DS, just check further if you feel something isnt right. I hope it all goes well for him

My 4 year old daughter is one of the youngest child in her reception class and immaturity is her biggest problem but saying that she is doing very well. She has concentration problems and fidgets loads but this due to her age.

Are the school worried ??? Have you spoken to his teacher ??

My ds is just 5 and is a happy, sensitive, emotional little worrier at times! He is also in reception. He is great in class and takes turns, plays happily, good learner, but he can have a tiz if things don't go his way. Not at school but at home he'll say, I didn't get picked for this activity or ben wouldn't play my game. I think so much of it is normal as the majority of boys in his class are like it too. Social skills sometimes need to be learnt I think and it takes time. School is the big wide world for them, they don't have you to protect them, and they are experiencing new relationships and emotions.

If you're worried, speak to teacher, you may already have. What is it that you're worried about?

Thanks for all these. Yes we have spoken with the teacher very recently and she agrees that academically he is coming along fine but still doesn't know how to cope in situations where another child has something he wants. He still tends to talk at people than with them, especially when he's excited.

At home if the answer to what he wants is 'no' he still gets very upset. We use the yellow/red card for discipline at home and I'm not sure whether this is right for him, especially if down the road it is discovered he has some form or other of learning difficulties.