It's about my little bro. He's just too freaking clingy. I have no idea why this(I'm not a child expert) is. Whenever Mom leaves, he cries. Too freaking loudly. If it was just a whimper, or something, it'd be somewhat tolerable. I can understand missing Mommy at the age of 6. It's 10:17 p.m. The kid won't sleep and he's crying too loudly in the room next to the room where my baby sister sleeps(I'm not sure she's sleeping, anymore, I could swear she got up and I don't want to check).

The bottom line is: I think he's a bit loopy. Anybody else have similar issues with their kiddos? Would having him see a child pyschologist(or somebody who can label him, pinpoint the reason why, and treat it) be all right?

Forgive me if this comes out as less than irrational(it's not the easiest thing in the world focusing when a kid is crying loudly in the room you're in).

How old is he?
Does your mom give in when he cries?
Does she baby him?
Have you ever tried talking to him about being a big boy?
Do you have a dad in the house?

You really have no say in him getting help and if your mother is babying him I doubt she would see it as a problem that needs a psychologist.

Some kids... are just clingy that way. Eventually (hopefully within the next year or so) this will stop. It just doesn't necessarily mean that there's something wrong with him. It just may mean that he's clingy.

Have you tried to distract him by playing with him for a little bit?

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Originally Posted by N0help4u

How old is he?
Does your mom give in when he cries?
Does she baby him?
Have you ever tried talking to him about being a big boy?
Do you have a dad in the house?

You really have no say in him getting help and if your mother is babying him I doubt she would see it as a problem that needs a psychologist.

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I wasn't clear. He's 6. My mom doesn't give in. I'm pretty sure my mom doesn't baby him. Just bluntly stating that he's being a big baby doesn't help. Dad's nearly never here.

Sneeze, I'm not optimistic about the future. I could be unfair with this kid, though.

Just offering him to let him to use my computer doesn't help. I can't distract a kid who's distracting himself by crying.

To be absolutely honest, I was a clingy kid. I think I cried every time my mom left the room until I was about 6. Then... if my parents left me at the neighbors to go to the grocery store, I still cried... until I was about 7 or 8. For me, I think it was because they always threatened to leave me whenever I was being bad. Y'know one of those, "If you're bad, mom isn't going to want to come home." kind of deals. Kind of messed up... but... oh well.

If anything, try to distract your brother by playing with him, reading a book to him, or even talking to him.

All you really can do is start playing with him and giving him positive attention when he is not acting up. Also when he is not acting up talk to him like a big boy and tell him how ugly the whining sounds and does he want to get teased. Tell him be a big boy and things will work out better than when he whines and makes people want to ignore him.

Haha, that's true. Is there a favorite toy that he likes? It's been a while since I've dealt with 6 year olds... but I thought they had a pretty short attention span..

He usually doesn't play with toys. If he does, he usually just stops... playing with them. Not that he matured, but he's into video games now(It's my fault.)

Its OK for children to be upset when someone important to them is out somewhere. You're job as the older sibling is to comfert you're brother as much as possible. A baby-sitter or nanny won't cover it. YOU need to go in and interact with him. Not a stranger.