Guest guest Posted October 8, 2009 Report Share Posted October 8, 2009 Hi, My 4yo son is does not respect others personal space. He is regularly touching the kids in his class, sitting too close, moving their papers, standing too close, leaning on them, etc. It's the worst at school when he is standing in line or during circle time. We have this problem at home as well, esp. with his younger sister. Any suggestions or resources to help us with this? Thanks, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 8, 2009 Report Share Posted October 8, 2009 He is only 4 but maybe you can explain it to him by saying people have a bubble around them and if you go to close to the bubble you can pop it and people don't like that. jan Janice Rushen "I will try to be open to all avenues of wisdom and hope" From: <drewkoala@...>Subject: ( ) Respecting Personal Space Date: Thursday, October 8, 2009, 2:48 PM Hi,My 4yo son is does not respect others personal space. He is regularly touching the kids in his class, sitting too close, moving their papers, standing too close, leaning on them, etc. It's the worst at school when he is standing in line or during circle time. We have this problem at home as well, esp. with his younger sister. Any suggestions or resources to help us with this?Thanks, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 9, 2009 Report Share Posted October 9, 2009 My son does this too, when I told the school he probably has Aspergers and was being bullied, dep head said what we see is Gregor getting in other childrens faces, I said he can help it he doesn't recognise social boundaries. He just doesn't seem to be able to sit next to me, is always sitting with arms/legs on me. He loves rules so we gave him the rule to keep an arm length away from other kids, he tries but doesn't always do it, funnily enough, he has a nut allergy and has applied this rule when he sees nuts at the shops. From: <drewkoala@...>Subject: ( ) Respecting Personal Space Date: Thursday, 8 October, 2009, 7:48 PM Hi,My 4yo son is does not respect others personal space. He is regularly touching the kids in his class, sitting too close, moving their papers, standing too close, leaning on them, etc. It's the worst at school when he is standing in line or during circle time. We have this problem at home as well, esp. with his younger sister. Any suggestions or resources to help us with this?Thanks, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 9, 2009 Report Share Posted October 9, 2009 Brilliant, so age appropriate too. From: <drewkoala (DOT) com>Subject: ( ) Respecting Personal Space Date: Thursday, October 8, 2009, 2:48 PM Hi,My 4yo son is does not respect others personal space. He is regularly touching the kids in his class, sitting too close, moving their papers, standing too close, leaning on them, etc. It's the worst at school when he is standing in line or during circle time. We have this problem at home as well, esp. with his younger sister. Any suggestions or resources to help us with this?Thanks, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 9, 2009 Report Share Posted October 9, 2009 Lorraine...so tell him to treat everyone as a Nut....ha ha! Not in the mental state but as a real nut that he is allergic too. If he does it with real nuts in the store it might work. jan Janice Rushen "I will try to be open to all avenues of wisdom and hope" From: <drewkoala (DOT) com>Subject: ( ) Respecting Personal Space Date: Thursday, 8 October, 2009, 7:48 PM Hi,My 4yo son is does not respect others personal space. He is regularly touching the kids in his class, sitting too close, moving their papers, standing too close, leaning on them, etc. It's the worst at school when he is standing in line or during circle time. We have this problem at home as well, esp. with his younger sister. Any suggestions or resources to help us with this?Thanks, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 9, 2009 Report Share Posted October 9, 2009 lol, will do , believe me the town we live in its not far off the mark!!! From: <drewkoala (DOT) com>Subject: ( ) Respecting Personal Space Date: Thursday, 8 October, 2009, 7:48 PM Hi,My 4yo son is does not respect others personal space. He is regularly touching the kids in his class, sitting too close, moving their papers, standing too close, leaning on them, etc. It's the worst at school when he is standing in line or during circle time. We have this problem at home as well, esp. with his younger sister. Any suggestions or resources to help us with this?Thanks, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 9, 2009 Report Share Posted October 9, 2009 Aw, I'm smiling at this. Not b/c it's easy on you,,,,but b/c I remember Ian doing this, too. He would literally climb on kids out of "happiness", if that sense. When he was in 4k, he would lightly touch everyone's head on the way out of the room. We simply continued to tell him/explain to him that he couldn't do that. That people didn't like to be touched all the time. He eventually got it. Sadly, I think a lot of what made it stop was when kids start saying, "stop it" or "knock it off". And as far as "personal space", I think that too, just has to be addressed over and over and over again. We then went through a time when he couldn't stand to BE touched...........sensory crap is odd. Anyway,,,,,good luck to you. Robin From: <drewkoala@...>Subject: ( ) Respecting Personal Space Date: Thursday, October 8, 2009, 1:48 PM Hi,My 4yo son is does not respect others personal space. He is regularly touching the kids in his class, sitting too close, moving their papers, standing too close, leaning on them, etc. It's the worst at school when he is standing in line or during circle time. We have this problem at home as well, esp. with his younger sister. Any suggestions or resources to help us with this?Thanks, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 9, 2009 Report Share Posted October 9, 2009 My son also has a big problem with personal space. It was really bad when he was between 3 and 5, now its mostly just with me. We tried to explain the personal bubble thing, which he didn't get very well. Then we just tried to explain that people really didn't like to be hung on, in which he responded 'so you're saying they hate me'. He really still doesn't understand what's so wrong with it. I'm guessing its going to be one of those things that hopefully he will grow out of. Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerryFrom: Lorraine son <lorrainedavidson12@...>Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2009 08:34:14 +0000 (GMT)< >Subject: Re: ( ) Respecting Personal Space My son does this too, when I told the school he probably has Aspergers and was being bullied, dep head said what we see is Gregor getting in other childrens faces, I said he can help it he doesn't recognise social boundaries. He just doesn't seem to be able to sit next to me, is always sitting with arms/legs on me. He loves rules so we gave him the rule to keep an arm length away from other kids, he tries but doesn't always do it, funnily enough, he has a nut allergy and has applied this rule when he sees nuts at the shops.From: <drewkoala >Subject: ( ) Respecting Personal Space Date: Thursday, 8 October, 2009, 7:48 PM Hi,My 4yo son is does not respect others personal space. He is regularly touching the kids in his class, sitting too close, moving their papers, standing too close, leaning on them, etc. It's the worst at school when he is standing in line or during circle time. We have this problem at home as well, esp. with his younger sister. Any suggestions or resources to help us with this?Thanks, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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