Re: I need help, my 5 years old loves to run away...

[Guest guest]

My son did this when he was 3. Luckily I am at home with him when

he is not in school, but we had to put keyed deadbolts on the inside

of our doors, and then we hung the key close by but out of his reach.

--- In , Adolfo Alarcon <beatricebarroco@s...>

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> My boy loves to run away from places , or from the school or from

houses, he hasn't developed those bounderies in his brain , so he

elopes when he is bored, he did this 3 times yesterday from the

babysitter house, so please help me with suggestions.

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> Sam

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[Guest guest]

In a message dated 9/27/2004 2:00:58 PM Central Daylight Time,

palmerr@... writes:

we also let him explore as

long as we knew where he was. We also took extra steps to bring him to new

parks, activities, etc to statisfy his wanderlust.

an excellent suggestion as well...we did the same with my oldest (one of the

reasons we taught him to ride without training wheels so we could go on

longer bike rides).

Oh and we also instituted a reward/punishment system...basically we took

away favorite videos and he earned them back by staying in the yard/house. He

was not a big runner, but it seemed to have taught him the lesson fairly quickly

and easily.

[Guest guest]

if its any consolation my autistic boy (now 12) grew out it, but used to

wander away to neighbors from 4 years old to about 8 years old. Aside from

putting locks on the door that he couldn't open, we also let him explore as

long as we knew where he was. We also took extra steps to bring him to new

parks, activities, etc to statisfy his wanderlust.

I need help, my 5 years old loves to run away...

Hello!

My boy loves to run away from places , or from the school or from houses,

he hasn't developed those bounderies in his brain , so he elopes when he is

bored, he did this 3 times yesterday from the babysitter house, so please

help me with suggestions.

thanks.

Sam

[Guest guest]

Thank God there is a shreed of hope. I pray my son outgrows it soon before I

loose my mind!

Barbara

[Guest guest]

Sam:

This is scary! We've had this problem since my son was 3yrs old. So

scarey that he walked into someone's home, curious to see what they

had in the fridge and what was on t.v., and the homeowner pointed a

gun at his head!

We have our house locked up tight, with keyed deadbolts, and the

window screwed shut, a 8 ft privacy fence, etc. You need to have

your babysitter have eyes on him at all times, it can be stressfull.

--- In , Adolfo Alarcon <beatricebarroco@s...>

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> Hello!

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> My boy loves to run away from places , or from the school or from

houses, he hasn't developed those bounderies in his brain , so he

elopes when he is bored, he did this 3 times yesterday from the

babysitter house, so please help me with suggestions.

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> thanks.

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> Sam

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