Group Input Needed: Ok, have to get some input on something that just disturbs me about my visit with my daughter tonight. So, I have Early Childhood certs and took college Psychology and know children act out some of their realities via their play. With that being said, tonight, my 8 yo dtr had some of her stuffed animals and wanted to play Pet Store where she also wants to be one of the animals up for adoption. She basically does all the directing in this telling me what to ask the lady or what to say to the puppy and so on. First, she comes up with a story line for one of her little kitties....its been rescued from a home where it was tortured (her words), it was beaten and thrown violently for hopping on the furniture (her storyline). I adopt her (a dog) and some kitties and when we get home she directs me to ask her why she is sad, and curls up into a ball and whines. So I ask but she tells me the dog doesnt want to tell me. She goes on to play the part of the pet store lady who calls to tell me the dogs story which is that she was also tortured and how afraid she is and terrified that the people will find her and kill her. I reassure the puppy that she is safe now and I will take very good care of her and all her kitty friends, including the kitty who was also tortured. She goes on to look out the window (still playing puppy) and get freaked out that the house of torture is across the street and she knows the ppl will find her. Thats it in a nutshell. She has been obsessed with playing dog the last 3 weeks. She has never really done this before, not that doing so in and of itself is strange in any way, just her sudden OBSESSION with it and her behavior while doing so...the 2 prior weeks she makes soiling the carpet and going through the motions of peeing and pooping outside part of her play more than seems normal. (Lets play dog and FIRST thing she does is lift her leg or squat and pretend to pee and then goes on to say shes been naughty and peed in the house and that I need to punish her). I totally get that SOME pretend play like this is absolutely normal and a good thing as they use their imaginations, BUT this is just sending up red flags for me. Input?
Posted on: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 12:22:56 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015