By nothowscienceworks - 13/11/2015 07:06 - United States - San Francisco

Today, I had the mother of a five year old come in for parent teacher conferences. When I told her that her son was very smart, but he often made up fantastical stories about his home life, she burst into tears. She then ran out of my office crying, "I knew it! I knew he was a sociopath!" FML
I agree, your life sucks 25 951
You deserved it 1 735

Same thing different taste

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Because no child ever made up a story or has an imagination without having a mental disorder...

Wizardo 33

Guess he inherited the smarts from his dad.

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was his name Dexter? and was he adopted?

just don't give them a ****....some moms are like that only.

Ya, I agree that from what the teacher says, there's no issue. However the mother has been with this child from birth, so I feel like she is probably worried for a reason (as oppose to just being crazy which is of course possible). Maybe the child doesn't react emotionally to things he should normally respond to? Or maybe there's been some sort of incident that has her worried. She's obviously worried for a reason, and I'm sure it's something other than what op said. You don't just fly off the handle like that because he tells imaginative stories. I feel like something else is probably happening at home. Of course there's always the possibility that she is in fact crazy and over paranoid for no reason, but I highly doubt it. Op, maybe you should meet with her again and ask her why she so concerned and what basis she has for this theory. If it is in fact just the stories, then explain to her that that's still normal for a 5 year old.

Wow, she really needs to learn what a sociopath is ...

It's just a child's imagination like teatime with imaginary friends, as for the mother I think she has some severe issues and I think she's the one that needs to be looked at not the child.

5$ says that kid ends up being an awesome movie director or book writer

wordygirl 11

If I were you op, I would request another parent teacher conference soon. Perhaps now the mother has had some time to calm down and have a rational talk with you. This type of behavior may need a trained professional, I would suggest to the mother that the child may benefit from the school councilor to start.

Definitely doesn't need any extra professional support. It's totally normal unless there are other factors. Should schedule another meeting to clarify and calm down though.

This is why we need better disability education

the child does not have a disability. I don't understand your comment.