Abnormal childr behavior

[hrikos]

Hi!
I am asking regarding my cousin,she is 5 years old. I have also children 9 and 5 years but not any problem with them and can't understand if it's her behavior normal. This summer we spent one week together  holiday but never again. She is sometimes normal but very often she has like crises and she doesn't know what she is doing: screaming, looking on the top and her eyes are going around, taking cloths off, braking things(chairs and what ever). What ever parents says to her it is the same. They can't control her no with angry, no with nice words. Nothing! I tried  to ask her what she wants to do, why she is doing this. She doesn't answer, she looks at me but like she doesn't see me. I can repeat 3 times the question for example: Do you love your mum? She doesn't answer. Like she doesn't hear me or she doesn't understand. Even when she is "normal" she doesn't speak understandable, she doesn't understand that danger things (if she goes to road that car will hit her), she eat's everything what she see down on the street, in the toilet...Last year she had tuberkuloses.
I tried to explain her mum that maybe she needs some help for this strange behavoir but nothing. What do you thing? Is that only bad behavior or something more.

Best regards,
hrikos

[megochick101]

Yes i do agree that something is not right with this child. it doesn't sound like normal behavior at all to me. She should be able to speak clearly for one at her age and the eyes where it seems like she doesn't even see you is worrisome to me also. I would talk to her parents again about taking her to get checked out by a doctor. If they don't take her and you still are really worried about her, I would call child services or someone who can take the child to the doctor. Of course that will probably make your relationship with the girls parents bad.

[margypops]

I agree with you some help is needed here I think for the parents aswell as it sounds like there is a child/parent interaction problem. It is good you have talked to the Mom, it sounds like the child is severly upset by something and the best thing for them to do is speak to their Doctor to see which way they proceed. It doesnt sound as if they are in control, you can only advise what they can do they have to do it, its not all about the child . Good Luck it is great you are trying to help them..