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By BookMuncher

I've had one a little like this... You were right to have the parents in, and your talk with them should have given you a lot of info. THink about it: if the child is talking like that in second grade and shutting down on
every little thing when he's perfectly capable, the ONLY possible thing it could be is environmental.

I would watch out though, because it's one of two home factors. Either he's being "babied" like they say, or there is verbal/physical abuse going on. (This was what it was in my little guy's case) The boy in my class talked like that because his father was so strict that he would

shut him down on every little thing. He was scared to talk- scared to try anything, and had a quick temper. He always wanted all the other kids to be doing the right thing at the right time, and if they didn't, he would yell at them. Be careful-- they may have looked at you like you were from Mars b/c they don't want him to open up to a counselor.

Either way-- whether it's being babied or being abused, you're not going to get help from home. It's going to have to be your job to show him that when you are "strict" with him, you still love him and are doing it to help him. I think you need to crack down on him-- but in a loving, supportive way. It'll be easier for him if he learns THIS year that school is a safe place where it's OK to make mistakes.

:s) Good luck... keep us updated! :s)