My difficult child#3 is 5 yrs.old. For the past week or so when we lie down at night, after reading, he usually goes through his routine questions about reptiles..Do snakes like sun? Do turtles like rain? After I've told him it's time to sleep,(I lie down with him to keep him in his room)He has started making frightening statements, out of the blue. The other night, he started sniffling, like he was going to cry and said, "I don't want to kill Daddy". Last night, he was holding his older brother's teddy bear and said, "I don't want to beat up Teddy". I asked him if he heard anyone telling him to do that, he said No. Earlier that night, he had been very sweet with the teddy, kissing him,tucking him in. At first it was just him saying that he wanted to think about happy things and he didn't want to have bad dreams. I hold him and reassure him and we say out loud some happy things for us to think about. Then the more violent stuff came.
I'm scared that this is an indication of some more pathological behavior or voices. Can children this young hear voices? What should I do?
I'm scared that this is an indication of some more pathological behavior or voices. Can children this young hear voices? What should I do?