Hi everyone. I would really appreciate some advice about my 9year old grandson. He’s a lovely lad (of course I’m biased!) doing well at school. He’s particularly good at Maths and reads well. He has atrocious handwriting. He has lots of friends and does lots out of school activities . His parents are happily married and he has a five year old brother. The problem is he has developed a real fear of anything unpleasant or anything he might find frightening. It’s really quite hard to explain. It affects his choice of reading. He will choose theory books over fiction for example. He will read the same book several times because it is safe.He hates anything with monsters in. He avoids any fiction where something unpleasant happens. It includes tv. He will go out of the room if anything remotely bad happens. This includes cartoon films! His parents are concerned and don’t know how to help him. His mum asked his teacher who suggested a fiction book he might like but didn’t have any other suggestions. It won’t be too long before he leaves his primary school and other children can be so cruel.
Should they seek professional advice? Any advice would be much appreciated.
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