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Can a 10 year old have Separation Anxiety?
Answered by
Kevin Kennedy, Ph.D. - Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy, Family Therapy, Crisis Intervention
Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates
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Can a 10 year old have Separation Anxiety?
by Bubble Blower, Apr 15, 2003 12:00AM
Good morning!! I have a 10 year old daughter who has had trouble in school since kindergarten -- she makes good grades but it is a battle to get her to concentrate on homework each night, and she has alot because she doesn't want to do it at school, because she wants me to sit with her at the table each night while she does it. She still wants me to walk her into school, she cannot stay all night when she goes to a slumber party (but she can at relatives homes, as long as she calls me each night), and she cries herself to sleep if I don't "Cuddle" with her when it's time for bed. I really thought that maybe it was "Grief & Loss" issues, because I carried two boys and delivered them both in the 5th month of pregnancy, and so she is never going to be a big sister, and we had a dog the next year, that she has known all of her life, that died and she immediately got a new puppy, that she's so afraid that she'll get out it almost paralizes her??? This is part of her problem at school also, because she's so afraid on the days that I'm off that the dog will get out and she has no contol over it! I have gotten the name of a counselor to take her to, but I don't want to add more to her if this is the wrong decision. I'm really at a loss, and I cry alot, because the more that I try the more mess that I make??? We had a friend of ours (35 yrs old -- mother of her best fried) pass away a few weeks ago, and Angie is going to live 8 hours away, and the fear of never seeing her again kept us in the bathroom through the whole funeral, because she was throwing. Thank you!!
Doctor's Answer
by Kevin Kennedy, Ph.D., Apr 15, 2003 12:00AM
, Apr 15, 2003 12:00AM
You surely are doing the correct thing by arranging for the therapy. Yes, a ten-year-old certainly can display separation anxiety, and the level of difficulty your daughter displays should not be managed by the family alone.
Member Comments (1)
by momathome191, Sep 01, 2008 11:56PM
A related discussion, Separation Anxiety in a 10 year old was started.
by jac918, Oct 15, 2008 06:06AM
A related discussion, separation anxiety was started.
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