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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Panicked? Freaking out? Texting and canvassing other parents to crowdsource what’s happening?
You’ve got to learn how to calm down. [/quote]

I have to say +1 here, though I know it never helps to tell anyone to calm down. But I really noticed a LOT of anxiety in your post op. A lot. The things you describe are pretty normal for a 4 year old. Kids will very often tell versions of things that are semi true, not true, etc. And either way none of these things are things to panic about. I wonder if you DC is sensing your anxiety and worry. If so, it is understandable this is a big change for your son and it hasn't been as smooth as you hoped! Kids are incredibly intuitive and sensitive to our feelings. And also, sometimes they just don't know how to explain what is making them stressed so they will kind of cobble things together from their memory. Like the slide incident is so normal to me - mixing up who really experienced it. My son is in kindergarten and his reporting is still quite wild and DEFINITELY not accurate. The teacher's at orientation said, "we'll promise not to believe everything your kid says about you if you promise not to believe everything they say about us!" :) So that just shows you how normal it is. Take everything with a grain of salt and unless you start hearing repeated patterns, don't worry too much about it.[/quote]

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