Wow - your son sounds alot like mine! We pulled him from a GA pre-k and have placed him in a private Montessori school due to a very bad experience. He would cry and say that he "wished he was dead," or wished he could move to Pluto. Ultimately, a severe bite was the icing on the cake at the GA pre-k. About a week ago, when my husband was discussing my son's misbehavior, my son said that he wanted to "shot (sic)himself," and my husband and I could make a new son. My husband wasn't being nasty or harsh, either, but my son cannot stand the criticism. That, plus I strongly suspect that he (and I, and a number of other relatives) has dyspraxia.
Often, my son is capapble of doing things, but will not try (I think) because he can not instantly do it perfectly. He has been this way since a baby. I think he was reading longer than I fully realized because I would sometimes "catch" him reading and he would stop. Now he can read most anything, but prefers either science stuff (space, insects, etc) or fiction (particularly if it's funny).
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