Throwaway because this is embarrassing.My son is 6. Throughout his life, he has been sick a lot due to an immune deficiency. He was catching everything. He had abnormally high fevers that would last for two weeks. After the fever ended, he would be healthy for a day, just to get sick again for two more weeks. There was a point where it had gotten so bad that the people at the emergency room knew us. It wasn't until February of this year that we identified it as an immune deficiency due to a gluten sensitivity, and in May we implemented a gluten free diet. Since we implemented the gluten free diet, he has not gotten sick once.Due to his constant sickness, we had to homeschool him throughout preschool and kindergarten (luckily he picked up those basic things easily, so he's not behind academically). We would buy him any toy he wanted, just to make him happy and to help alleviate his suffering. Also, I've rarely punished him and I've always caved into his tantrums because even the slightest bit of sadness would lower his immunity and make him sick, or at least worsen his sickness.Now that he's healthy, we are now able to send him to public school. However, he's far behind in many basic skills his peers have mastered. My son struggles to understand punishment, paying attention to the teacher, and taking turns. He acts up whenever he's told "no". We addressed this at our recent parent-teacher interview, and the teacher thinks he has a deficit. I feel so hopeless. Is there a way to turn this around? via /r/Parenting https://ift.tt/342Dyw5
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