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[quote=Anonymous]Dear OP,

You did what needed to be done, especially with grandparents in the picture.

However, just because you did the right thing, does not mean that there are no negative consequences.  You will need to re-socialize your daughter.  It will probably take less than a year, but we don't know because what we as a nation did during COVID19 is somewhat unprescedented.

Look, here is an analogy.  When my daughter was almost 5 y.o., she had a series of epileptic seizures that nearly went into intractable seizures (status epilepticus).  She was hospitalized twice in the course of a week, and given rescue medication IV.  When we brought her home, she was unable to feed herself because the seizures damaged some of her nerves.  She was unable to close her hand around the spoon to lift it because her fine motor skills happened to be affected.  It was due to the location of the epileptic foci in her brain.

I had to re-teach her how to use to hands.  I had some experience by working with her speech therapist when she was 2 y.o.  I watched videos on physical therapy.  I bought puzzles with really, really large pieces.  I bought thick crayons for little babies. I defrosted large frozen vegetables for her to lift up and eat etc.  She caught up.  I took about 3 months, and then a year to really normalize.

Two days ago, she accepted her admission to Yale University.

Please hang in there.  There is work to be done, but you are able to do it.  You cannot pretend that everything is fine, but you must work towards a resolution.  Don't lose heart, and work diligently every day to re-socialize your daughter.  Best wishes.[/quote]

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