Timeline for 8-year-old daughter is obsessed with books - escaping from something?
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| Feb 21, 2022 at 7:11 | comment | added | anongoodnurse | @Sabestina - I'm sorry I didn't get to this sooner. Your comment above is both encouraging and concerning. She sounds age-appropriate with her sister, and sounds kind, which makes a lack of empathy much lower on the list, which was my biggest concern. Being that possessive of friends and that she has trouble keeping them is a bit worrisome and worth investigating; that doesn't bode well for pro-social skills, so I'm puzzled about what the teachers say, but they see her all day, so... I can't diagnose on the internet. I would discuss with her doctor. | |
| Feb 16, 2022 at 20:49 | comment | added | Sabestina | Thanks @anongoodnurse! Which problem do you have in mind based on the 3 call-outs you reference? She can be brusk and sometimes aggressive but also very kind with little sister (she brings her to bed, writes her stories or letters or prepares drawings, defends her in arguments with us parents). She doesn't find it very easy to maintain friendships and has lost her best friend as a result of being overprotective of her and not wanting her to play with other children. We've asked every school teacher since Reception about her social skills and nobody voiced concerns. | |
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| S Feb 4, 2022 at 20:57 | history | suggested | Sixtyfive | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Feb 4, 2022 at 18:51 | comment | added | Sixtyfive | If I, too, came across as considering myself as "having come out just fine": I suffer from depressions, which I believe qualifies as a "mental health issue" in the English-speaking world. But that's as an adult. As an 3-12 year old, you're allowed a bit of an obsession without there being anything wrong with you necessarily. | |
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| Feb 4, 2022 at 18:00 | comment | added | user3067860 | I think you're making a leap here from reading all the time might not be the best for a child to reading all the time means there's something wrong with a child. You don't wonder what's wrong with an 8 year old because they prefer to eat candy vs. brussels sprouts. The reason why children are children is that they don't have the maturity yet to recognize the importance of the sprouts and self-regulate their behavior to eat less candy. (And honestly, hanging out with people who are not your age and you don't have much in common with is boring, even if you happen to be related to them.) | |
| Feb 4, 2022 at 14:31 | history | edited | anongoodnurse | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Feb 4, 2022 at 14:15 | history | answered | anongoodnurse | CC BY-SA 4.0 |