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Dear Dr. Sylvia,
We are at our wits' end with our 3 and
a half-year-old son. Everything with him is a struggle. He is
very negative. Trying to do something fun with him just leads
to disappointment for everyone. Recently, we took him to see a
movie. He seemed excited to go, but then got a negative attitude
when we got to the theater. Although his eyes were glued to the
screen, when we asked him if he liked it, he stood up and said,
"I don't want to watch the Tigger movie. I'm leaving!"
but then continued to watch, pouting. When it was time to leave,
he told us, yelling, that he didn't want to go.
He's not like this all the time. Oftentimes
he's happy, but those times of negativity still happen far too
often. He is a very bright boy according to his teachers. He speaks
very clearly with a large vocabulary, does 50-piece puzzles, works
on the computer, and has known his alphabet for what seems like
forever.
We love him very much, and it is heartbreaking
not to have fun with him. We are wondering if this is just an
immaturity thing, or if there is something truly wrong with our
son or the way we deal with him.
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