Connor has just told me that they watched a dvd of 'The Polar Express' at school yesterday. It's a film that we have at home but when we tried to watch it he got very upset because there is a part where on of the children can't find their ticket and is threatened with being thrown off the train. He also found the noise of the steam train a bit much too. So anyway, he told that they watched it at school and I asked him how he found it, and did it upset him? 'Mum!' he said, rolling his eyes at me 'I'm 5 now!! I just covered my ears for the loud bits and covered my eyes at the sad part. The rest was fun!'
So yes, he is the one child sitting in the classroom covering his eyes and ears through what is supposed to be a very innocent and heart warming christmas film, but the lovely thing is that he DID sit and watch it, he understood that something that unsettles him can still be fun if he perseveres with it and best of all whilst I'm sitting at home trawling the internet and reading books desperately trying to find ways to help him deal with life, he's gone off and figured it out for himself! I'm really proud of him and feeling encouraged today.
Also, the book 'The highly sensitive child' which is mentioned in the link I posted earlier arrived this morning. I've only had a brief flick through it so far, but already I have found myself saying over and over 'that's exactly how I feel'!!
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