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[quote=Anonymous]Two weeks actually isn't that long a time to notice a change in behavior.  And it doesn't seem surprising with the change in family life.  I hope they are a little more accommodating but I wouldn't get too upset about their lack of communication yet.  Lots of friends I know have had issues with their 4 year old.  We joke about it all the time.  Once after my son had a similar episode I was recommended to read "Your 4 year old, Wild and Wonderful" and it put things into perspective and I started enjoying the exurberance more while still following through with discipline.  By 5ish like the book said a lot of that acting out went away.  There are articles all over discussing why its bad to label children. Perhaps if you just offered other ideas it would help.  Not saying its your job, but it might smooth things over and get your son the help he needs faster.  I've read articles on Tools of the Mind and ADHD where they talk about executive function and ways to help children cope in a preschool setting such as making them the line leader or caboose a lot so they don't touch other children in line all the time.  Are either Parenting Playgroups and PEP close to you? They have good parent sessions on this topic.  Parenting Playgroups also has a class for 5-8 year old children where they work on Tools type executive function skills such as planning what you're going to do that day and then following that schedule.  Unfortunately the best advice I've heard is to keep calm around your child and that may be hard to do sometimes without your husband. Maybe the school make the classroom more peaceful but if not I'd try not to get too upset about it and just act as rationally as possible with the school and your child.[/quote]

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