Hello, My Nephew is 5 and a half years old. His parents are not married and their living arrangements in the past 5 years have changed multiple times (living together, apart, apart with other boyfriend, with grandparents etc...). He has a 1 to 2 year old half sister (same mother). His parents have shared custody but his father takes a somewhat active role in his life and his new sister (father works a lot and his grandparents watch him. also spends time with the mother and sister as if they were a family of 4). My concern is his mental capacity for other people's feelings (example: he had accidentally slammed the dogs foot in the door, and had no remorse, said "she put her paw there."). He also tunes people out when he doesn't want to talk to you or ask him a question. A couple years ago he wouldn't even acknowledge other people were in the room with him. He will have outbursts of anger when uncalled for and in irrelevant times.

I feel I may have rambled the above but could also go on further. Do you think he would benefit from visiting a psychologist? I am his god father and feel like I have sat back long enough and need to step in to help guide the situation.