My girlfriend asked me to post this here because she does not use reddit. She has a 4 year old daughter who is very smart. Her VPK teacher consistently praises her and tells her mom about how well her daughter does in class.When they get home, her daughter will often pretend she doesn't know how to do something. Whether it is writing certain letters or counting. The best example happened earlier yesterday afternoon: my girlfriend was telling her to get dressed and Sandra (name changed obviously) said that she can't do it and needs her mom's help. Sandra's aunt then tuned in and said: "Sandra, yesterday you went into your room all by yourself and got yourself dressed."Clearly she knows how to do these things but acts like she does not. It is really upsetting to her mother because her mom gets really upset and frustrated and feels like a horrible mother because she gets so frustrated.Another thing that makes this situation weird is that with certain things she will sometimes claim to not know how to do, in other times she will know how to do something and demand she do it. One day she was locking the front door and was struggling to turn the lock. Her aunt stepped in and told her that she would do it and she locked the door. Sandra got very upset and started crying because "I wanted to do it!!" And she unlocked the door again and locked it herself. She will do that with light switches, shoes, clothing, etc. Then on another day she will say she doesn't know how to do it.Can anyone offer up any advice? I apologize if the post does not make a lot of sense. I had surgery on my back earlier and am still very loopy. Thanks so much!!!!! via /r/Parenting http://ift.tt/2en8a1V
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