NymphetamineGirl -> RE: "submissive" behavior in children (12/21/2009 10:50:17 PM)
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Every day, I pick up my 5-year-old son from school, and we talk about his day. He has two friends, I'll call the first one "Orange" and the other one "Greek". He tells me repeatedly that they are in charge of him, that he does whatever they say. "Greek is my boss", he'd say, "and Orange is my Master." Now, I never use the word "Master" in front of my child. So I thought this was curious but kinda dismissed it. I did ask his teacher about it at conferences though, to make sure they weren't bullying him. His teacher hung her head when I brought it up, clearly embarassed,. She just smiled and told me they were all great friends, inseparable. Then, grinning, the devil got the better of me, and I couldn't resist saying, "Aren't they a bit young for that sort of play?" The TA choked on her coffee and we laughed for the rest of the session. Point is, kids are who and what they are, as parents we must accept that they belong to a time and place we cannot reach, though we can give them our love all the way. Yet our own insecurities can lead us to question the thngs they say and do unecessarily. I am diligent, but I don't make it more than it is, lest I give him a complex.
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