Two things that may or may not be related. First, I've noticed that my 6y.o. dd is very twitchy. She cannot sit still for two seconds. When she eats meals, her plate goes one way and her body goes the other. She has a habit of rolling her head backwards. She says it "massages" her neck to do that. When she talks to you, she is always moving around. She can't even walk in a straight line without wiggling to the side. She touches her face a lot, as if she has itches all over it. When I mentioned this to my husband, he said he was very twitchy at her age. He still twitches sometimes. It's very weird.
The other thing is more troublesome. She has been losing her friends at school (kindergarten) because she just can't get along with others. Partly, it's from the other kids teasing her for sucking her thumb, which makes her feel bad. Mostly, though, she seems very bossy, makes up her own rules, won't play games that the other kids want to play. For example, her dad has been teaching her chess, and she wants to invent her own rules. It doesn't work like that. Yesterday, she got into a fight at school with a friend because she didn't want to play a game that her friend wanted to play and last week this friend played a game that dd wanted to play. It wasn't fair to the friend. She doesn't get that there's give and take in friendship. She doesn't notice when other kids are being nice to her.
She is going to be taking a social skills class during the summer. I hope it helps. She's going to be very miserable in life if no one will be her friend.
I guess I didn't pose any questions. I'm not sure what to ask. Advice? Comments? Suggestions? What worked for your twitchy, friendless kid?
The other thing is more troublesome. She has been losing her friends at school (kindergarten) because she just can't get along with others. Partly, it's from the other kids teasing her for sucking her thumb, which makes her feel bad. Mostly, though, she seems very bossy, makes up her own rules, won't play games that the other kids want to play. For example, her dad has been teaching her chess, and she wants to invent her own rules. It doesn't work like that. Yesterday, she got into a fight at school with a friend because she didn't want to play a game that her friend wanted to play and last week this friend played a game that dd wanted to play. It wasn't fair to the friend. She doesn't get that there's give and take in friendship. She doesn't notice when other kids are being nice to her.
She is going to be taking a social skills class during the summer. I hope it helps. She's going to be very miserable in life if no one will be her friend.
I guess I didn't pose any questions. I'm not sure what to ask. Advice? Comments? Suggestions? What worked for your twitchy, friendless kid?
