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how serious do you think a 7 year old can be?
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<blockquote data-quote="Malika" data-source="post: 440184" data-attributes="member: 11227"><p>Hi amy. It's obviously something that needs to be taken seriously. At the same time, I wouldn't myself think that it means literally that your boy is thinking about dying or killing... My boy too is very intense and dramatic in his words and feelings; it's as if there's no regulator in his brain, everything goes immediately to "full" or "high power"... I spend a lot of my time saying to him "Calm down!" He too has talked about wanting to die - that is, he has said it twice - and he is only four. It is terrible to hear, I know, and I felt so shocked the first time he said it. The underlying sadness concerned me more than the statement, which he doesn't even really understand. On the other hand he is very bright, particularly when it comes to knowing how to manipulate reactions and emotions. So I suspect a lot of this is also about generating maximum shock - your boy perhaps knows, as mine does, what really triggers you and gets you worried and attentive... </p><p>Mind you, I was very dramatic and intense as a child too. We do forget the intensity of children's feelings...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Malika, post: 440184, member: 11227"] Hi amy. It's obviously something that needs to be taken seriously. At the same time, I wouldn't myself think that it means literally that your boy is thinking about dying or killing... My boy too is very intense and dramatic in his words and feelings; it's as if there's no regulator in his brain, everything goes immediately to "full" or "high power"... I spend a lot of my time saying to him "Calm down!" He too has talked about wanting to die - that is, he has said it twice - and he is only four. It is terrible to hear, I know, and I felt so shocked the first time he said it. The underlying sadness concerned me more than the statement, which he doesn't even really understand. On the other hand he is very bright, particularly when it comes to knowing how to manipulate reactions and emotions. So I suspect a lot of this is also about generating maximum shock - your boy perhaps knows, as mine does, what really triggers you and gets you worried and attentive... Mind you, I was very dramatic and intense as a child too. We do forget the intensity of children's feelings... [/QUOTE]
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