Yesterday one of my kids was coloring, and I watched a fly land on his cheek. He twitched a little, I think. Other than that, no reaction. The fly crawled up his cheek until it was pretty clearly about to drink from his eye. At that point he grunted and swung his hand up, hitting himself in the face. The fly flew away, but came back minutes later. The scene was repeated.
He's not a stupid boy. I think it's just that he never sleeps. His mom refuses to set a bedtime for him, and so he stays up as late as he likes, and is frequently late to class. And then flies crawl into his eye.
Today at lunch I had a kid from purple class come in (4 years old). She was crying but alert, and able to sit down. When she was asked to start eating, she started crying harder. Soon she was making coughing noises. Then she was making gagging noises. Turns out that she gets so worked up by the sight of a bowl of food that she starts sobbing, and then forces herself to throw up. She threw up so much that, by the end, nothing more would come out. This is a four year old who is forcing herself to puke up stomach acid.
Start 'em young, I guess.
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That is all very disturbing.
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