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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sorry to hear OP- my DS had some problems in preschool too. A few hitting incidents and defiance. I agree with the posters recommending a dev pediatrician.

I wanted to say that it didn't end up as severe as I feared it would be-- turned out my son has some language impairments that he masked with long sentences and a big vocabulary.

We also suspect mild ADHD (un diagnosed as of yet).

My point is that preschool issues can seem quite dramatic and level out to something more mild as a child matures.

I smiled when you said "privileged." My DS comes from an environment that would be considered privileged- it didn't change his behavior one jot. [/quote]

Thanks. My privilege reference was to the parents who have not had to deal with some of the "lesser" daycare settings [/quote]

In my former job I have seen some of those "lesser" daycare settings, and there were definitely a lot of workers who didn't understand what was developmentally appropriate for children of different ages.  I was horrified at some of the places, actually, at the lack of appropriate interaction with the children.  So I wouldn't assume it's your kid.  [/quote]

+1.  IME, even the "good" daycares have employees who don't really understand child development or appropriate behavioral interventions.   I think this happens because daycare workers are poorly paid, and have very limited educations and on the job training.  Everyone always complains about how teachers don't get paid enough and don't get enough respect in our society, but I think that our focus should be daycare workers.  Pay and train them well and give societal respect, and you will see far fewer learning and behavioral populations in the K-12 population.

But, that would mean that we would also have to fundamentally upwardly revalue "mothering" (or parenting or child-rearing) in our society ......[/quote]

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