For the past few weeks now, My ,now, Four-year-old, Joseph, has been acting very wierd lately.
He seems to be neglecting his other school friends and his twin sister, Uli.
Its seems that all he wants to play is by himself, and he explodes when somone tries to come near him.

Yesterday, I had just finished making the twins some lunch. Joseph was in his room, huddled up in a corner. When I approached him, he stood up and threw one of his toys at me and began screaming. I tried to calm him down, but he kicked and scartched his was out of my arms, ran and locked himself in the bathroom.

He used to love playing with his sister and his friend so much, but then it suddenly stopped. He seems to have developed and "Imaginary friend too."

Please, a mother needs help...

Oh... poor little guy. Something definately seems to have bothered him. :(

I don't have much experience with little children, so the only advice I can think of is to set him down and find out what's bothering him. If he starts panicing or behaving disorderly to the point that he seems 'out of control', maybe you should seek outside help from a doctor.

I hope your son is alright.

I think this is a bad place to ask for advise for something like this, since the only other parent I can think of is LadyAnime. You'll want to take this problem directly to your child's doctor, as it sounds like an emotional disorder.

Maybe somebody hurt him, or maybe it's a stage...if he's never done that before, that should be a red flag. Perhaps someone did something? And beware of adults hurting him. But if you can get out of him exactly what happened...and kids rarely lie, especially at that age...none of my cousins ever did that.

(I'm no parent, but my aunt is a mother of 4 and that's what she said.)

Did something happen to him at school that has made him anti-social? I'm sort of going through a phase with my 3 year old right now, but it's nothing like that. He's just in this "if I don't get my way, I'm going to hit, kick and scratch you whether you like it or not" but I don't know why your son might be acting like that...hmmm. If it's been going on for a few weeks now, then I would definantly call the doctor. Has your son had his well child check-up yet this year? If not, then definantly take him in and suggest something to your doctor. Hopefully he/she can help you figure out what's going on with him and you can come up with a solution to the problem. Good luck :huggle:

Thank you all so much for your support. I truely appreciate it.
Yes Sefie, i know that this may not be a right way to find a solution, but believe me, I already went to the doctor with my son.

Also, i would like some advice on what to do. I took him to the doctor, and He said it was indeed an emotional disorder. Somthing happened to him at school that much i know.
But i am currently having difficulty figuring out exactly what is wrong..

:no: I think im a bad mother.

You aren't a bad mother. A bad mother would either ignore it or immediately throw her kid on pills. At least you are trying to figure out the root of the problem and help him get past it. Poor little guy. I hope he feels better.

My advice is to start asking anyone whose been around him recently, for instance his teacher, the principal, his sister, and the friends he's been neglecting for these last few weeks. I'd also ask any adult that might know something (His friends parents for instance). If that doesn't work ask him whats wrong and explain to him that he's worrying you and that you just want to make sure nothing is wrong with him. Let him know everything that's on your mind and ask him whats on his. I'd also make sure it was a time when your alone, but don't force him to talk either it's more of a trust issue at that, because if you force him at this point all that's going to happen is he won't tell you anything, and then it'll PROBLY get worse from that point. Also there might be a chance that he's nervous or scared to talk to you, if he doesn't want to talk with you ask if he wants to talk with his father, or his sister instead, also explain that he doesn't have to tell you at that moment if he doesn't want to, or that he doesn't have to tell you everything at the point and time. Also I'd also try (if he doesn't want to tell you) to try other means such as having him drawing what he's feeling, or have him act it out (I can't at this point remember the name of the game off the top of my head :ermm: but it's like that game where someone like motions that it's like 1 word and then acts it out *probably confused you more* when I remember the name of it, I'll edit my post and tell you*. If none of these things work then let me know I have a few more ideas....

Hope that helps, I tried looking at this from a doctor stand point since I'm trying to be a Psychiatrist, so I hope I kinda helped... :/ ....

Also your not a bad mother your just worried it's understandable.


EDIT: The game it's called Seraids!

I've been reading, but I really didn't know what to say at the time, but I think that I can possilbly help better now.

Since you know that it is a disorder, what Tenshi_Aerith did say (about asking the people that've been around him) might help, but it might not. You're probably wondering 'What if they don't know?'. The trick is to do as s/he said and ask him about it. Now, there is a slight chance that he will run away and slam his bedroom door in your face, but that's just something that he'll do. When that happens, you just have to let him know who is the adult, even if you do have to spank him about it. Now you might be thinking, 'That won't help. That'll just make him run away from the topic altogether.' That may be the case, but that will let him know that you are his mom, and that you want to know what's going on with him besides the disorder itself. And if none of that helps, just do what Tenshi_Aerith suggested.

I tried atleast. I'm only 18, but I've babysitted children like that. How old is the little chap?

Omg guys thanks for the help. And sorry for taking such a long time to reply to this. Anyways. I figured out what was wrong with him. Apparently he had taken a liking to this girl in his classroom. I guess you can call it puppy love, but the girl, you see, for soem reason is mean to my son. So that is why he has been acting very strange lately. I'm guessing since he is still very small, and isn't capable of handeling this kind o ffeelings is the reason for the development of the emotional disorder. My poor little baby. But thank god i was able to figure out the problem

[Sighs with tremendous relief.]

Anyways thank you guys so much for caring. I love you all.
^^
[Huggles all of them.]
:huggle:

Anyone know how i can help mend a broken heart?

My suggestion is, tell him that there is someone out there for him and that you love him with all your heart ^^