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Can anxiety change or make a child act different?
My granddaughter has just turned six, she has started Kindergarten and it has been hard,she is not sure of being away from home, she was not crying, she liked her teacher,you could tell she was scared but she acted as though she wanted to go, we would tell her she was going to have so much fun,and we would get a scared smile, but in she would go, but they changed teachers after three weeks, now she is crying, just does not want to go, I try to go and eat lunch once a week, on that day it helps,but she acts so scared, she is not making friends and it is getting worse. At bed time she will start to cry and when we ask why she is crying, she said " when I wake up I have to go to school.
Tonight she wanted to spend the night but when I said I could take her to school, she cried and ended up in staying at home.She told me her heart hurt, when I ask where, how does it hurt, She said " It's just so sad!
To make things worse, her mom and dad are not getting along, she tells me they are yelling at each other. That is something she has never had to here before, I have talked to them about this, there is a six year older sister and a four year old brother still a home, Please Help! How can I help her? Is she not ready?, or is there emotionally something we need to check out?When I ask about her talking to make friends, she said" you can not talk", at play she stays to herself and watches the other children.This is so hard for me and she really is looking washed out, Help Please
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Kindergarten readiness, Anxiety
Tonight she wanted to spend the night but when I said I could take her to school, she cried and ended up in staying at home.She told me her heart hurt, when I ask where, how does it hurt, She said " It's just so sad!
To make things worse, her mom and dad are not getting along, she tells me they are yelling at each other. That is something she has never had to here before, I have talked to them about this, there is a six year older sister and a four year old brother still a home, Please Help! How can I help her? Is she not ready?, or is there emotionally something we need to check out?When I ask about her talking to make friends, she said" you can not talk", at play she stays to herself and watches the other children.This is so hard for me and she really is looking washed out, Help Please
> 60 days ago
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