It seems to be chore-avoidance and preschool avoidance. Uh. Yeah. Sh%*
I used to physicalize things as a kid, I remember figuring out what "guilt" meant when I was 12 and connected it to the throwing up I'd done virtually every day for 6 years.
He refuses to accept that, for example, when they tell him to go read (at preschool), they don't actually expect him to go read words off a page, and they use the phrase "have to" a lot, so he thinks he's breaking the rules if, for eg. I pick him up early and he doesn't play in the playground (that one's easy, I open teh gate, he runs around and moves everything once, then he comes out, obligation served)
Humph, you guys could have told me what I WANTED to hear.
I'd better figure out how to talk to him about this, eh?
Thanks, all.
-Mich
