My daughter is 13 and very academic (top of her selective school at most things) but when it comes to anything remotely practical she is absolutely useless. I am trying so so hard to be patient and sympathetic but it's like she has a complete mental blank about things.
Eg she'll be trying to cut something by just shoving the knife at it while it's moving around on the plate. She'll announce she can't do it. It literally doesn't occur to her to hold it still with the other hand even though I tell her this every day.
Similarly with eating something like a burger. She'll announce it's too big so she can't eat it. It doesn't occur to her to get a knife and cut it up. Again, we go through this very very regularly but the next time we go through the exact same thing again.
Has anyone else had experience of this? She has anxiety issues which I have been told often come hand in hand with being G&T - is this also related or is there something else wrong??? We've always accepted that her development stages have been "different" (some ahead, some behind) but this just doesn't seem to be catching up... her non G&T younger sister is WAY ahead of her and has been for years....
Thanks for any advice.
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TherapeuticVino · 23/09/2012 13:03
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