Patient's question:
My daughter is four and a half years old, and she has always done well in kindergarten. However, a few days ago, she had a fever. After taking her to school, she said she felt unwell, so the teacher called me to pick her up early. When I came home, she seemed fine, so I took her to the amusement park. She had a great time and I wanted to help her relax. But when it was time to take her back to school, it didn’t go well. She kept saying she felt unwell and cried nonstop. I took her to the doctor, who said she was fine, but she still didn’t want to go to school. It’s been a week now, and every day she cries when she goes to school. There’s nothing wrong at school—no one is bullying her or teasing her. When I ask her why, she just says she wants to stay home with her mom and doesn’t want to go to school. What should I do? I’m so frustrated.Doctor's answer:
Four years old, girl, making excuses for various reasons not to go to kindergarten. I have basically understood your situation. In fact, this phenomenon occurring again with your child is quite common in daily life. Since children are accustomed to staying at home, you suddenly place her in a strange environment, and this environment is not free, which makes it extremely difficult for her to understand. Here are a few suggestions for you, hoping they can bring you some help:1. You must have the heart to send your child back to kindergarten again, and make sure the teacher understands that unless there is a real problem with her again, you should not pick her up.
2. You should often encourage your child to think about how good kindergarten is. Tell her that there, she can learn many interesting things and make lots of good friends. Once she gets accustomed to the environment there and has made friends, I believe this kind of thing will never happen again.
The above is advice for the question "My daughter is four and a half, and she has always been doing well in kindergarten." I hope it helps you. Wishing you good health!