My daughter will be nine in Nov., She is the most loving and caring little girl. She has a outstanding personality. She is in third grade and has many, many friends. What is troubling me is, she seems to care more about her friends, socializing, looking pretty, ect... She wants to talk on the phone all of the time. She is having trouble with reading, staying focused, rushes through everything. She doesnt listen to anything I say!!! She looks at me when I am talking, but when I ask her what I said, she cant remember. Also, when I ask her if she remembers what I told her a few days later, she will say I never said that to her. She is still switching her letters around in her writing. Example- dad(she will write bab) or love ( she will write lvoe) she does this often. I had deslexia when I was her age, but we had her tested and they say her vision is perfect. She was extremely hiper when she was younger, but now has settled down a lot. I am really worried!! What should I do?
2007-09-13 03:06:55 · 2 answers · asked by matty 2 in Family & Relationships ➔ Family
Sorry, if I sounded like I was proud of her popularity. In fact, it is totally oposite. I am worried that she is to involved with her friends and I am const. telling her that yes it is important to have friends, but that it is very important that she does good in school. We work very, very hard with her on her reading, writing and have told her that until she is doing better in school, she is no longer able to have the privilage of talking on the phone, going to birthday parties and such.
2007-09-13 03:25:57 · update #1
Great book --- Lots of information that sounds like her
It's Not Always the Parents' Fault by George Tucker, Ph.D., ABPP
Helped me out with my Son's
2007-09-13 03:46:02 · answer #1 · answered by Dionannan 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have the school test her for learning disabilities. Her vision has nothing to do with dyslexia, the letters are turned around in her brain not her eyes. Also, you are pretty proud of her popularity. The price you are paying for that is her distraction from the things that are important for her to become self sufficient. A 9yr should not be spending her time on the phone talking about her looks.
2007-09-13 10:16:32 · answer #2 · answered by tjnstlouismo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋