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Hi,

I have a 5 year ol daughter, The problem with her is that she keeps on comparing with me
tries to immitate me as much as possible, Intially i use to think it is pretty common all
kids want to immitate their parents.Last year I joined her in a new school and right after
one week she asked what is a husband means then to give her example I told her that your daddy
is my husband and then she asked me where is her husband is, I told her that you are a small kid
once you grow up you will have a husband too then she started telling that she wants to marry one
of her class kid and I told her that one should not marry the classmate and as she is very young
she has to study and get old enough then she can think of the marriage. Although she stopped saying
that she wants to marry him but still she talks all the time about him and says He is my boy friend.

I know that she is very young and these things does not make any sense but I am scared that she
may continue this attitude and it may interfere in her studies. Please let me know is it common
for her age kids to behave like this or anything I can do to stop thinking about boys.





Leela replied. Hi Smita,
Don't worry it is not a long term problem. My daughter( 6 yrs) also used talk such things. If fact she told excatly what u have written. My psychiatrist advised me to just ignore it. If you give more attention to the problem, they tend to talk more about (Kinda attention seeking). Ignore and don't panic. your child is just fine.