Hi, have just discovered this web site and after reading it have breathed a sigh of relief. There are other people out there with the same issues as our family. Our daughter is 5 (22 June). She's the youngest in her prep class at school (kinder) and seems to be the smartest.
She's highly reactive, and as Kriston describes with the wrinkled sock saga, will cry immediately if her sock, or hair, or anything is not just right, without giving me the chance to fix it first. It' driving me crazy. She's advanced with words, reading and concepts, mimics accents perfectly, has a big imagination and a big concentration span. Her teacher has called her gifted, without any prompting from me.
I have often (to myself) called her my Drama Princess.
I will try the 1-10 scale too and see if she runs with it. I think she'd relish in analysing her angst.
My 3 year old son is the opposite. Calm, sweet, patient but also a smart boy. I love my children, but it's a nice change to have at least one child who doesn't cry the house down if one hair is out of place.
