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[quote=Anonymous]One of the PPs with similar issue.  Our son will start to cry/go into emotional lock-down because we want him to eat his peas.  Or because he can't have the ipad. Or because I tell him his non-bleeding toe doesn't need a Band-Aid. Or because "we're talking about him".  Or....or...  And sometimes it's a real issue, and I'm very conscious about wanting to raise a functional human being who doesn't act this way and not wanting to be a terrible parent who doesn't teach their child to better deal with their emotions.  At some point I do wonder if it's the way he's realized he can best get attention about something, and what does that say about how we've parented him to this point?  Or am I looking too deeply into it and is it just a phase (I'm interested to see this seems so common at this age).

I come from a bottle-it-up waspy family, and I don't want that either.  It's horrible too on so many levels.

I did discover this book about anxiety, but we need to get into it more.  http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1591473144?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_search_detailpage[/quote]

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