The cause of the problem behavior of the third-grade child was overprotection.
On 6th, the story of the third-grader who calls his grandmother 'mom' was revealed on Channel A's 'The Parenting Show: My Precious Child.'
Previously, the child's mother, a single mom, explained that the grandmother is the main caregiver due to her financial circumstances. The grandmother shared her parenting concerns about the child's unusual behavior.
However, the grandmother surprised those around her by taking care of everything for the third grader as if he were a baby. She personally dressed him and even attended to his bathroom needs, handling his hands and feet.
The child's mother said, "I failed in educating him. There were also conflicts between me and my mother." The grandmother noted, "If I don't do it, he acts out. He says he can't do it and kicks and hits when he asks me to do it."
Oh Eun-young stated, "It's not that there are issues with motor skills or muscles. It's that he doesn't do it himself. The grandmother is still providing love in a form that she did before he was 3 years old. Without the grandmother, who does everything, he becomes someone who can't manage on his own. Thus, the child can't help but feel anxious when separated from the grandmother."
Oh Eun-young advised, "Although the grandmother says it can't be done logically, deep in her heart, there is a feeling of dislike. We need to look into the grandmother's inner self to see if there is an unconscious pull that keeps trying to hold him back even when he can be independent."
Meanwhile, that day, the child's problem behavior was revealed to stem from parenting conflicts between the mother and the grandmother. The grandmother and aunt gossiped about the mother in front of the child when she was absent. Oh Eun-young conducted a solution targeted at the child's mother and grandmother, showing signs of gradual change.
[Photo] Captured from Channel A's 'The Parenting Show: My Precious Child.'
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