drawn into hyper or negative energy?

[smartyjones]

my son is 5 and doing quite well - although not 100%. so, the daily challenge can be deciphering what behaviors may be pandas-related and what may be just 5-year-old boy age appropriate but behavior inappropriate.

 

today, he got in mild trouble at school with another boy - the got sent back from the library for being loud and rude. the other boy was very wound up b/c he had a playdate planned after school with another child - my son is totally not involved in these plans although friends with the two who are. i thought maybe he could be having jealous feelings b/c he wasn't involved but now don't really think that is the case - he seemed happy for them about what they were doing and not sad or upset at all.

 

the teacher commented that he does seem drawn to whatever hyper or negative energy might be going on in the class and feeds on it -- i guess like a moth to flame. i believe this to be a pandas-related behavior. do other people's kids seem to experience this?

 

thanks.

[MomWithOCDSon]

I didn't see so much the hyper-activity draw, but my DS was definitely drawn to the negative energy when the PANDAS was raging! I took to calling him Half-Glass-Empty-Boy, he had such a negative take on EVERYTHING! Whine and moan!

[faith]

smartyjones,

I'd say that is pretty typical 5 year old behavior and I wouldn't read too much into it. I say every little boy has to get into some trouble sometime! . he could have been a little loud and rude as a little feeling came over him of not being included, I could see that happening. he's only five, this is just the beginning of the 'boy' stuff, really, lol.

 

Faith

[ajcire]

I agree.... I think a lot of kids are drawn to that... I actually find my kids are not drawn to that at school at all... and funny is it used to worry me that they aren't... especially my ds with pandas.. he's too darn serious to get drawn into that.

 

Now the description momwithocdson gave.... I so get that... the negative nothing ever goes right for him attitude...sounds just like my ds... Reminds me of Eeyore!

[nomoz]

I agree.... I think a lot of kids are drawn to that... I actually find my kids are not drawn to that at school at all... and funny is it used to worry me that they aren't... especially my ds with pandas.. he's too darn serious to get drawn into that.

 

Now the description momwithocdson gave.... I so get that... the negative nothing ever goes right for him attitude...sounds just like my ds... Reminds me of Eeyore!

 

That sounds like my husband! lol

But, seriously, my child, though not symptomatic at school, when she is in that state of mind, absolutely will pick fights with me, or anyone else around her, and, if something else is going wrong at home, she most definitely will feed into the negative. And when she's not symptomatic, her reactions and responses are much much different. So I can see where you are coming from!