Hi everyone. Really needing some advice on what to do about my nephew. I live with my parents and my sister and my nephew who is almost four. My sister and nephew have lived with us since he was 17 months old. So he's grown up around mostly adults but he has gone to preschool the past couple years. We all have different parenting styles in the house and we've not all been consistent in disciplining or correcting him . And he's extremely emotional and conflicted like his mom. Recently he told my mom (his grandma) whom he loves very much "I want you to be sick" out of the blue, nothing leading up to it, nothing to make him upset just matter of factly. Now my mom's response was to calmly ask him why but of course he didn't answer. I know the tendency is to just say he's young but there have been other things that just make this worrisome. When he was frustrated he would point his finger at us like a gun and make the shooting sound. Now we have got him to stop doing that at least. It seems like he struggles with anxiety, he does not want to be wrong and will argue with a brick wall. I'm just wondering if he needs some kind of emotional therapy because I just don't see this as normal 4-year-old behavior. What would anybody do in this situation to keep it from getting worse?
