Curious to see if anyone elses 3 yo has been through similar. My 3.5yo has recently starting hating people!! In group settings in particular. A couple of examples
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A new playgroup - my son clung to me for 45 mins, screaming to go home, telling people to go away and that i must not talk to anyone ( his little sister was happily playing independently)
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at a football traing for his brother - we had to hide in corner of pitch whilst he cried for us to leave, theres too many people, dont talk to anyone
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at school pick up for his brother - if i say hi to another parent, he cries and screams for me to take him to the corners and not to talk to anyone, burying himself away in my shoulders.
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at the park, a friend happened to be there too and he was screaming for her to go away.
nursery drop offs have been really tough for the last few weeks, a lot of crying, trying to run away etc.
he is happy when at nursery and has a great time, but nursery have said they are trying to work on his social skills.
he has siblings who he gets on well with and socialise normally, and is usually a very confident child.
just seems like quite extreme reactions to have in social situations, he only started doing this in the last month or so.
i dont want him distressed but its getting really awkward when i cant talk to anyone without him shoutinf for them to go away!!