Help!! Is forcing child to go to school the right thing to do?

April 10, 2012

My daughter is 4.5 years old. She is in a pre-k program at the public school and

she starts kindergarten in August.

Her program at school is 4 days a week.

For the last week she has been screaming for me not to take her to school. When

I drop her off she screams for me and the teachers have to grab her to get her

inside. As I left after signing her in today I heard her blood curdling screams

for me. She gets sweaty, hyperventilates, etc

The teachers said she crys the whole time. I don't know if they are putting her

in the nurses station or how they are dealing with it.

I talked to the school psych when this first became an issue and he's like just

keep making her go to school. But the thing is, she's not a regular kid just

going through a phase.

But she is having full-blown panic attacks along with her OCD/Anxiety. I cannot

do this another day. Watch my child be taken away screaming. This can't be good

for her. I feel like this is going to severely damage her.

She needs HELP.

I feel like she needs treatment before she can go back to school.

I want to pull her out and put her in therapy 7 days a week if I have to.

So I feel I need to go against conventional wisdom that says keep making her go.

I just can't do it anymore My child is sick.

She has new things everyday. All this morning she was telling me her arm was

going to fall off, and that if she drank water her eyes would explode.

As I left her teacher just kept yelling at her to 'stop it'.. surely this isn't

good for her

If I pull her out do you think I am doing the right thing? There is only 5 more

weeks of school left.

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