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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?
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My eight year old son keeps asking to visit a friend whom I've been attempting to contact for a couple years now each time he asks to see them. The mother is a fun-loving Christian(as far as I know) who used to have him over for sleepovers with her son who is a few years older than mine. He's always asking to visit the mother though. She was always the cool mom/babysitter. I miss her as well. But since I last contacted her I learned her teenaged girl has become transgender. My son used to see her daughter every Sunday at our old church and she used to help with the kids often. I'm not ready to talk to my homeschooled 8 year old about LGBQT.... anything yet. It's hard enough going into the birds and the bees as it is (though we've had many age appropriate ones as my husband and I see fit). But her daughter looks very different and calls herself a different name. How do I explain that his friend insists on being called a different gender and name without totally confusing him?
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It's fascinating to see the evidence of God's existence everywhere. Even my 2 year old daughter have been subtly teaching me how God works and God's way of parenting us. Check out this video to find out more. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Nw7yxZRX-M