Originally Posted by CFK
I really think you have to make the distinction between "unhappy" and what happens to a lot of our kids. DS8 gets unhappy if he has to go to school and can't stay home and play video games. When DS11 was 7 he didn't just get unhappy if he had to go to school. He cried uncontrollably every morning for three months and the teacher had to come out of the school to get him and escort him to class. There's "not liking school"and there's "NOT LIKING SCHOOL"! Only you can really be the judge of where your son falls on that spectrum.


I agree completely. What happened to my son's attitude and behavior were giganormous, lightning-bolt-sized signs that things were very, very bad. If he'd been whining because he wanted to play video games, I'd have told him to suck it up and get his coat on because the bus was coming. smirk

Kriston