She is not my mom - what's going on? ( Archived) (34)

Dec 19, 2014 2:11 PM CST She is not my mom - what's going on?
Katiko
KatikoKatikofreiburg, Baden-Wuerttemberg Germany19 Threads 5 Polls 196 Posts
A scene yesterday in Kita (Nursery/Preschool):
Another Mom comes in and smiles to a girl. The girl runs away and hides in the corner behind me. So I say, "hey! Your mum is here"
But she looks really scared as if she is going to start to cry. And she wisper.
"She is not my mom. I don't know who she is."
Well, I dont know any of them, so I ask: "Is she your nanny? an aunt?
"No, I've never seen her."
The teacher came, the Mom, but the girl continued for at few minutes like that.
It was really sad.

The woman was actually her mom. The girl 2 years old.
I thought about my kid who runs to me laughing and shaking his arms from joy.
Will he do that to me one day?

And what the hell goes in a child mind or in the family so the child reacts that way?
A 2 years old? Just an imagination?
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Dec 19, 2014 2:13 PM CST She is not my mom - what's going on?
Ccincy
CcincyCcincyCincinnati, Ohio USA77 Threads 20,535 Posts
Maybe the mother did something to cause the girl to act that way.dunno
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Dec 19, 2014 2:19 PM CST She is not my mom - what's going on?
chatonlyman2
chatonlyman2chatonlyman2North Bay, Ontario Canada27 Threads 7 Polls 6,600 Posts
I would wish a person would notify childs services because that sounds very disturbing. Do it for your own sanity.
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Dec 19, 2014 3:07 PM CST She is not my mom - what's going on?
Katiko
KatikoKatikofreiburg, Baden-Wuerttemberg Germany19 Threads 5 Polls 196 Posts
chatonlyman2: I would wish a person would notify childs services because that sounds very disturbing. Do it for your own sanity.


I agree. It sounded disturbing so I mentioned it to the teacher. She said that the girl has a lot of wired behaviors. Like every day she is saying that she must to ballet classes, and that she goes to ballet classes every day although she never went to any.

You see, I am not so fast with social services because I collaborated with them in US.

So I am a little in distress. I didn't like the child behavior. It brings questions.
But my sister reminded me that when I was a child my mom left me for vacation with my family (grandpas, aunt, other cousins), when she came back I refused to call her mom for a while.
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Dec 19, 2014 3:19 PM CST She is not my mom - what's going on?
jac_the_gripper
jac_the_gripperjac_the_gripperTonyrefail, South Glamorgan, Wales UK24 Threads 5,363 Posts
Katiko: I agree. It sounded disturbing so I mentioned it to the teacher. She said that the girl has a lot of wired behaviors. Like every day she is saying that she must to ballet classes, and that she goes to ballet classes every day although she never went to any.

You see, I am not so fast with social services because I collaborated with them in US.

So I am a little in distress. I didn't like the child behavior. It brings questions.
But my sister reminded me that when I was a child my mom left me for vacation with my family (grandpas, aunt, other cousins), when she came back I refused to call her mom for a while.

That sounds pretty normal to me.

My granddaughter is three, nearly four and her imagination is a lot wilder and weirder than that.

Maybe the child just wanted to stay in nursery school and didn't want the fun to stop.

Maybe the mum had a different hairstyle, or appearnce in another way? I remember walking off with the wrong mum once because she was wearing a red coat. I slipped my hand into the pocket and neither she, nor I noticed. It was only when my mother called me that we both realised we were attached. giggle
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Dec 19, 2014 3:51 PM CST She is not my mom - what's going on?
chatonlyman2
chatonlyman2chatonlyman2North Bay, Ontario Canada27 Threads 7 Polls 6,600 Posts
jac_the_gripper: That sounds pretty normal to me.

My granddaughter is three, nearly four and her imagination is a lot wilder and weirder than that.

Maybe the child just wanted to stay in nursery school and didn't want the fun to stop.

Maybe the mum had a different hairstyle, or appearnce in another way? I remember walking off with the wrong mum once because she was wearing a red coat. I slipped my hand into the pocket and neither she, nor I noticed. It was only when my mother called me that we both realised we were attached.
That is a cute storythumbs up hug handshake
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Dec 19, 2014 3:59 PM CST She is not my mom - what's going on?
jac_the_gripper
jac_the_gripperjac_the_gripperTonyrefail, South Glamorgan, Wales UK24 Threads 5,363 Posts
chatonlyman2: That is a cute story

I remember being deeply embarrassed. blushing giggle
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Dec 19, 2014 4:16 PM CST She is not my mom - what's going on?
chatonlyman2
chatonlyman2chatonlyman2North Bay, Ontario Canada27 Threads 7 Polls 6,600 Posts
jac_the_gripper: I remember being deeply embarrassed.
Nice somebody has a memorylaugh I can't believe how short of a memory others havelaugh Best as I try they still loose it(Memory)
I am so close to Capitalizing I am Beaminggrin
Tell you guys once it mainstream. This one anyhow.Next one will be awhilegrin Confused I totally understand but... be patient.group hug guitar cheers
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Dec 19, 2014 4:22 PM CST She is not my mom - what's going on?
rohaan
rohaanrohaanCoos Bay, Oregon USA229 Threads 10,516 Posts
Katiko: A scene yesterday in Kita (Nursery/Preschool):
Another Mom comes in and smiles to a girl. The girl runs away and hides in the corner behind me. So I say, "hey! Your mum is here"
But she looks really scared as if she is going to start to cry. And she wisper.
"She is not my mom. I don't know who she is."
Well, I dont know any of them, so I ask: "Is she your nanny? an aunt?
"No, I've never seen her."
The teacher came, the Mom, but the girl continued for at few minutes like that.
It was really sad.

The woman was actually her mom. The girl 2 years old.
I thought about my kid who runs to me laughing and shaking his arms from joy.
Will he do that to me one day?

And what the hell goes in a child mind or in the family so the child reacts that way?
A 2 years old? Just an imagination?
Even children from abused homes tend to run to, and cling to, their parents, especially the mother, because sometimes it is their only window of opportunity to get even a tiny bit of that love they want and need. (Welfare workers have documented this trend for years, when they take the child for a supported visit to the parent(s) who have been physically and emotionally abusive. The child STILL clings to that parent(s).) So, having this well documented trend, I would say that there is something deeply wrong with the family milieu for the child to say the parent is NOT hers. This is critically out of balance, even for an emotionally disturbed child. Advocate for this child, if you can. Something is very, very wrong, in my opinion from reading what you have said.
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Dec 19, 2014 4:32 PM CST She is not my mom - what's going on?
rohaan
rohaanrohaanCoos Bay, Oregon USA229 Threads 10,516 Posts
chatonlyman2: I would wish a person would notify childs services because that sounds very disturbing. Do it for your own sanity.
thumbs up thumbs up
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Dec 19, 2014 5:19 PM CST She is not my mom - what's going on?
PrettyPrescious
PrettyPresciousPrettyPresciousRenton, Washington USA8 Threads 2 Polls 355 Posts
My first thought would be that the child is abused. On the other hand, she could be delusional? Although that usually starts up as they approach adulthood. Sounds disturbing and it isn't normal.
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Dec 19, 2014 5:23 PM CST She is not my mom - what's going on?
jac_the_gripper
jac_the_gripperjac_the_gripperTonyrefail, South Glamorgan, Wales UK24 Threads 5,363 Posts
chatonlyman2: Nice somebody has a memory I can't believe how short of a memory others have Best as I try they still loose it(Memory)
I am so close to Capitalizing I am Beaming
Tell you guys once it mainstream. This one anyhow.Next one will be awhile Confused I totally understand but... be patient.

You've invented an autism pill, so everyone can be normal...? giggle
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Dec 19, 2014 5:46 PM CST She is not my mom - what's going on?
..has any body thought.....that the girls mother.....may have told her off...before she went to school.....and the girl was sulking...just to get her own back at her mother.....?????????..food for thought.
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Dec 19, 2014 5:58 PM CST She is not my mom - what's going on?
jac_the_gripper
jac_the_gripperjac_the_gripperTonyrefail, South Glamorgan, Wales UK24 Threads 5,363 Posts
truheart1941: ..has any body thought.....that the girls mother.....may have told her off...before she went to school.....and the girl was sulking...just to get her own back at her mother.....?????????..food for thought.

Or possibly a way of expressing herself in a way a child can. It could be a sign of emotional intelligence.

Like kids saying, "I don't like you!" when actually they mean to communicate anger, or upset about something else...like being told off. dunno
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Dec 19, 2014 6:02 PM CST She is not my mom - what's going on?
Katiko
KatikoKatikofreiburg, Baden-Wuerttemberg Germany19 Threads 5 Polls 196 Posts
I'll take a look on that issue.
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Dec 19, 2014 6:08 PM CST She is not my mom - what's going on?
Katiko
KatikoKatikofreiburg, Baden-Wuerttemberg Germany19 Threads 5 Polls 196 Posts
jac_the_gripper: Or possibly a way of expressing herself in a way a child can. It could be a sign of emotional intelligence.

Like kids saying, "I don't like you!" when actually they mean to communicate anger, or upset about something else...like being told off.


That's so true. They can use very cruel words or they can become aggressive when there are big under big emotions.
My kid (still not talking age) pulls my hair (1) when something is wrong (stomachache, pampers full, etc), (2) when we are having fun playing and hugging, or (3) simply to check my reaction. He even says "no-no" when he does it!!!.
They just don't control emotions and less the ways they express it.
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Dec 19, 2014 6:18 PM CST She is not my mom - what's going on?
chatonlyman2
chatonlyman2chatonlyman2North Bay, Ontario Canada27 Threads 7 Polls 6,600 Posts
jac_the_gripper: You've invented an autism pill, so everyone can be normal...?
laugh I do like your thinking and wont forget what you have done to get my total respect.teddybear
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Dec 19, 2014 6:25 PM CST She is not my mom - what's going on?
jac_the_gripper
jac_the_gripperjac_the_gripperTonyrefail, South Glamorgan, Wales UK24 Threads 5,363 Posts
chatonlyman2: I do like your thinking and wont forget what you have done to get my total respect.

Aaah, you're a good friend, you are. hug
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Dec 19, 2014 6:43 PM CST She is not my mom - what's going on?
raphael119
raphael119raphael119washington d.c., District of Columbia USA19 Threads 3 Polls 5,181 Posts
Mr. Piggy was my best friend. We used to have conversations and parties daily. One day my mother skinned him alive and threw him in the wash. Ew, then she put his skin on and tried to get me to take him back. She was a very sick lady.
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Dec 19, 2014 6:47 PM CST She is not my mom - what's going on?
jono7
jono7jono7Out West, British Columbia Canada3 Threads 8,017 Posts
chatonlyman2: I do like your thinking and wont forget what you have done to get my total respect.


and i'm third......,thumbs up laugh
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