My 4yo son tends to create detailed fictional accounts. On the one hand I feel amazed with his creativity, but I also worry that he seems to get too immersed in these stories that I wonder if he distinguishes fact from fiction. What do you make of what he is doing and how should I react to it?
Our almost 6yo is lying, breaking things and running away. I am terrified. What do I do?
Our almost 6yo is incredibly vivacious, social, happy, energetic, independent, constantly moving, demands attention and wants to be first for everything. He runs away in beaches, malls, parks, leaving me screaming at him to stop (he won’t) and then I have to run after him leaving his brother running behind me saying 'I abandoned him'. It’s nuts. I’d rather stay home. Why is this happening and how can we help him trust us and say the truth, listen and not run away?
My son is telling me untrue stories. Should I be worried about him lying?
I have read up and listened to your previous videos on lying. My son rarely lies and when he does I use your response and he gets it. Lately he has been telling me tall tales about things that have happened at school. For example, “my teacher had a nerf gun that shot out real bullets that she heated up in a tiny oven and then she shot them up in the air. It was amazing mom”. The entire story is clearly just a story but he really wants me to believe him. Sometimes I’ll text his teacher just to be sure but every time it’s just something he’s made up. Do I pretend to believe him? What is his goal?