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Best friend thinks my son is a sociopath???
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<blockquote data-quote="Malika" data-source="post: 421009" data-attributes="member: 11227"><p>Beware of friendly diagnoses! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> I looked up "sociopath" in my Oxford English Dictionary - curiously, it is not there. Clearly there are no sociopaths in England <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> It must be of recent coinage and my dictionary out of date... in any case, such a statement is meaningless in terms of a five year old, I feel - very Victorian kind of idea of children being "born bad". However, the lying and stealing are of concern. Especially the warning that has been given here that these things can get worse over time... My son has this behaviour, to some extent. He is always asking to take a toy from the home of a child we have visited - adults often want to indulge him in this but I am very clear about saying he must leave it, it is not his, and it will be there for him next time we come. He once stole a bar of chocolate from a shop - immediately came and told me he had done it and we went straight back to the shop to give it back, me making it clear to him (of course) that you have to pay for things before you take them; sometimes small children simply don't understand this before it is taught. He sometimes lies about things he has done, claiming that it was someone else - I am so unhappy about this and make such a big deal of the importance of him telling the truth that he does now seem to stop and reflect and then, reluctantly, tell me the truth... For myself I do feel it is something that has to be taken very seriously and the right thing to do made very clear. Heavy punishment would not help in this regard. </p><p>For the rest, my 20 cents worth (as we say, rather than your 2 cents, I believe!) is that the rages are quite possibly exacerbated by his unstable background so far and that the pushing and poking of the dog is to do with a need to explore things in this extreme tactile way, which my son also constantly does. My son really does love animals, especially dogs, and I think he would never kick one, but if he were not reprimanded, he would be constantly touching and poking them all over... he has learnt just to stroke them around the head. I am beginning to wonder whether my son suffers from this Sensory Integration Disorder - you might want to investigate that too.</p><p>Wetting the bed at five a sign of sociopathy? Stuff and nonsense! Just talk to any nurse or child psychologist... </p><p>I wish you well in exploring what is going on for your son.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Malika, post: 421009, member: 11227"] Beware of friendly diagnoses! :-) I looked up "sociopath" in my Oxford English Dictionary - curiously, it is not there. Clearly there are no sociopaths in England :-) It must be of recent coinage and my dictionary out of date... in any case, such a statement is meaningless in terms of a five year old, I feel - very Victorian kind of idea of children being "born bad". However, the lying and stealing are of concern. Especially the warning that has been given here that these things can get worse over time... My son has this behaviour, to some extent. He is always asking to take a toy from the home of a child we have visited - adults often want to indulge him in this but I am very clear about saying he must leave it, it is not his, and it will be there for him next time we come. He once stole a bar of chocolate from a shop - immediately came and told me he had done it and we went straight back to the shop to give it back, me making it clear to him (of course) that you have to pay for things before you take them; sometimes small children simply don't understand this before it is taught. He sometimes lies about things he has done, claiming that it was someone else - I am so unhappy about this and make such a big deal of the importance of him telling the truth that he does now seem to stop and reflect and then, reluctantly, tell me the truth... For myself I do feel it is something that has to be taken very seriously and the right thing to do made very clear. Heavy punishment would not help in this regard. For the rest, my 20 cents worth (as we say, rather than your 2 cents, I believe!) is that the rages are quite possibly exacerbated by his unstable background so far and that the pushing and poking of the dog is to do with a need to explore things in this extreme tactile way, which my son also constantly does. My son really does love animals, especially dogs, and I think he would never kick one, but if he were not reprimanded, he would be constantly touching and poking them all over... he has learnt just to stroke them around the head. I am beginning to wonder whether my son suffers from this Sensory Integration Disorder - you might want to investigate that too. Wetting the bed at five a sign of sociopathy? Stuff and nonsense! Just talk to any nurse or child psychologist... I wish you well in exploring what is going on for your son. [/QUOTE]
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