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8 yo easy child acting up because 10 yo difficult child getting attn
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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 625971" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Sounds like something traumatic to her (may not seem traumatic to you) is going on at school. That would be where I'd look first. Mean girls, fight with friend, mean teacher, abusive classmate...one she is afraid of and wont' tell on...that's what it sounds like to me and where I'd explore first if it were my kid. I'd ask her outright if something bad happened at school or on the way to school. Tell her you won't be angry if she tells you. It is sometimes hard to get this sort of stuff out of kids that age because they think that it will be even worse if they tell.</p><p></p><p>She could be using her sibling as as cover up for her real fear. She doesn't seem to want you to go away from her.</p><p></p><p>Has she ever seen a therapist? I have a daughter who was sexually assaulted at age eight in a friend's hosue and she did not tell us until she was fourteen. I doubt your problem is as extreme as this, but I do think something has changed to make her suddenly be clingy when she wasn't this way before. And I do know that kids can be very secretive.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 625971, member: 1550"] Sounds like something traumatic to her (may not seem traumatic to you) is going on at school. That would be where I'd look first. Mean girls, fight with friend, mean teacher, abusive classmate...one she is afraid of and wont' tell on...that's what it sounds like to me and where I'd explore first if it were my kid. I'd ask her outright if something bad happened at school or on the way to school. Tell her you won't be angry if she tells you. It is sometimes hard to get this sort of stuff out of kids that age because they think that it will be even worse if they tell. She could be using her sibling as as cover up for her real fear. She doesn't seem to want you to go away from her. Has she ever seen a therapist? I have a daughter who was sexually assaulted at age eight in a friend's hosue and she did not tell us until she was fourteen. I doubt your problem is as extreme as this, but I do think something has changed to make her suddenly be clingy when she wasn't this way before. And I do know that kids can be very secretive. [/QUOTE]
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