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<blockquote data-quote="neednewtechnique" data-source="post: 39654" data-attributes="member: 3527"><p>Stella asked a good question...is he going to daycare, or preschool where he has an opportunity to interact with other children on a regular basis? All children this age, but especially "only child's" are at a point in their lives where they need to start getting involved in activities with other children. There are lots of preschool programs for kids when they reach age three. Even if your son's girlfriend could put him in a program for a few hours, two or three days a week, I think that would drastically improve his ability to deal with situations where he isn't the "only child" and having to share the attention of the person caring for him. </p><p></p><p>I have a 3 year old easy child who attends a special preschool program by one of the private schools in our area, and she is developing wonderful social skills and in my opinion, it is the ONLY thing that has saved her sanity since our difficult child moved in with us in January. Our difficult child takes a lot of our attention and she has been wonderful dealing with "sharing mommy's attention and affection". Don't misunderstand, she is not neglected or anything like that, she just doesn't get as much attention as she used to since there are three of them now instead of two. </p><p></p><p>Just a thought. Good luck, as for whether to call the other set of grandparents, if you are comfortable and you think that your son and his girlfriend would be comfortable with you doing so, it may be best, especially if he is getting violent with the other children. My parents have an arrangement made where when our children go over to their house to spend time, they try to take them only one at a time so that they can give them each the attention they desire from grandma and grandpa. There are occasions when they have all three, special events or rare nights out for mom and dad, but most of the time if they are just doing it to spend time with them, it is one at a time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="neednewtechnique, post: 39654, member: 3527"] Stella asked a good question...is he going to daycare, or preschool where he has an opportunity to interact with other children on a regular basis? All children this age, but especially "only child's" are at a point in their lives where they need to start getting involved in activities with other children. There are lots of preschool programs for kids when they reach age three. Even if your son's girlfriend could put him in a program for a few hours, two or three days a week, I think that would drastically improve his ability to deal with situations where he isn't the "only child" and having to share the attention of the person caring for him. I have a 3 year old easy child who attends a special preschool program by one of the private schools in our area, and she is developing wonderful social skills and in my opinion, it is the ONLY thing that has saved her sanity since our difficult child moved in with us in January. Our difficult child takes a lot of our attention and she has been wonderful dealing with "sharing mommy's attention and affection". Don't misunderstand, she is not neglected or anything like that, she just doesn't get as much attention as she used to since there are three of them now instead of two. Just a thought. Good luck, as for whether to call the other set of grandparents, if you are comfortable and you think that your son and his girlfriend would be comfortable with you doing so, it may be best, especially if he is getting violent with the other children. My parents have an arrangement made where when our children go over to their house to spend time, they try to take them only one at a time so that they can give them each the attention they desire from grandma and grandpa. There are occasions when they have all three, special events or rare nights out for mom and dad, but most of the time if they are just doing it to spend time with them, it is one at a time. [/QUOTE]
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