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[quote=Anonymous]I'm not a child psychologist but my own observation tells me that a lot of kids have a phase like that, some longer some shorter, some earlier, some later, mostly more around K or 1st grade. PK seems early for that. It's a - from an adult point of view - unacceptable form of trying to connect, impress, and seek approval. On the other end of the spectrum, you'll have a lot of kids in PK who are still whining and crying to seek attention. With a whining child in my household, I'm frankly not sure what I prefer among the two suboptimal options. I don't think it's helpful to tell the child "he is hurting others" by pointing to what he is good at. That's an adult way of looking at it. Definitely, PK should have a lot of social interaction stuff built in, where over time this child will get the hang of how to be liked, simply because other kids will reward him for doing it right and disapprove of him for being obnoxious and uninteresting (regardless of what the parents do) and hopefully also learn to express how that makes them feel.
If it doesn't subside as something of a bad habit, then you (or rather the teacher) may be looking at more of a condition. For example, Asbergers children often stand out for the unbearably professorial demeanor very early in life. They'll need some help learning rather than just eventually "getting the hang" what's expected.[/quote]

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