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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can’t be pinpointed?? Imagine if your mom took care of him and then died at the end of the school year. You’d expect this exact reaction- clingy, emotional, accidents. That’s essentially what happened to him. I think your reaction was way off base. He needs love and time and probably distraction. [/quote]

But this was not his Grandmother.  This was not family.

Since he turned 4 he was in full time preschool and Kindergarten and spent maybe 25 hours a week with her tops.  Mornings and afternoons and some weekends so he was already transitioning away from her anyways.[/quote]

A 5-6 yo does not have your understanding of what constitutes family. She was there every day (maybe for his whole life?) and now a critical witness to a lot of the relatively few conscious memories he has of life (and a major stabilizing force in many things he could not consciously record) is gone.

That's not an unrecoverable situation, but it's a BFD to a 6 yo and expecting him to act like it isn't is way out of line. Slow down. Give this kid a lot more special time with you and don't take him away from his friends, jeez. [/quote]

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