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[Sean Clayden]

My son (5) has recently been hiding various objects around the house. What is this about ?

Objects are money (coins) and various other objects.


Can anybody help.

[sarongsong]

Planning his get-away? :)

[Sean Clayden]

Planning his get-away? :)

Perhaps, but more constructive would help.

[steve000]

My son (5) has recently been hiding various objects around the house. What is this about ?

Objects are money (coins) and various other objects.


Can anybody help.

My son when he was 6 used to constantly hide my cars keys.. all day he'd have me searching. I knew he'd put them somewhere, you could tell by the cheeky big smirk on his face. He wouldv'e sworn blind that he hadn't touched them.... my daughter went through a stage at that age of throwing house hold items out of the cat flap when I had my back turned... I think it's just a phase they go through... :)

out smarted by a 6 year old..why did I mention it:doh:

[KaiYeves]

Enjoys tricking you, or possibly wants to get you to think he's magic or the house is haunted.
I did several similar things for that reason at 5 or 6 years old.

[Moose]

My son (5) has recently been hiding various objects around the house. What is this about ?

Objects are money (coins) and various other objects.

My cats do that. One swipes and stashes loose change. The other one swipes receipts and bills.

Between the two of 'em, I have one good accountant.

Don't worry too much about your son, Sean, it sounds like it's just a normal phase kids go through. Just be thankful it's coins and not twenties.

[Neverfly]

Many kids do it for play- the little games their minds come up with. Like pretending they are pirates or squirrels or something. It's pretty normal.

[peter eldergill]

My son (5) has recently been hiding various objects around the house

Maybe you should phone information...

Pete

[Gillianren]

My cats do that. One swipes and stashes loose change. The other one swipes receipts and bills.

Between the two of 'em, I have one good accountant.

Don't worry too much about your son, Sean, it sounds like it's just a normal phase kids go through. Just be thankful it's coins and not twenties.

D once stole a $100 bill--and no one knows what happened to it. My friends who gave him to me have since moved from the place they were living at the time, and they never did find it. (Now, I'm not completely convinced that he actually did it, given certain issues, but it's actually not all that unlikely that he did, as I've seen him running off with all kinds of other things, including a sofa cushion. Or at least he tried.)

[Nowhere Man]

He thinks it's amusing. He's playing dominance mind-games with the grown-ups.

And/or.

Fred

[Jeff Root]

Only he might know why he's doing it, but I wonder why you wonder.

When I was ten (I think) I had a brief period where I had some good
reason to print the initials 'NBC' in various places around the house.
They were not meant to be the initials of the TV network, but I don't
remember where they came from, and the TV network initials could
have been an influence.

There could easily be a component of obsessive-compulsive disorder
in such behavior, but even if there is, it probably isn't reliable as an
indicator of OCD later in life.

-- Jeff, in Minneapolis

[Frog march]

perhaps, it is a confused tooth fairy.

[steve000]

A safety issue with 6 year olds and car keys... if your not careful they could get in the car without you noticing - into reverse out of the driveway - rip up the street hitting 0-60 in 3.5 seconds - burn some serious smoke with 10 consecutive 360's - press every button within arms reach so when you get back in it every conceivable electronic part is functioning at once before flattening your battery in 3 seconds flat...

[Jim]

Three thoughts:
1) He's trying to get you to pay attention to him.
2) He's playing a game with you. (Could be related to 1, but probably just having fun.)
3) It is some form of OCD. (Are the objects related? Does he stash them in the same place(s)? Have you mentioned any fear of losing/not having them?)

Number 2 is the most likely. Kids love to play, especially with their parents. If the game gets a really satisfying reaction out of you, he'll repeat it. Both 1 and 2 can be taken care of by coming up with a less disruptive game to play with him.

[Jeff Root]

If it were me, at that age, hiding things would have been part of some
pretending thing that didn't have anything to do with the parental units.
Or just something that seemed like the right thing to do at the time...
again, nothing to do with the parental units.

-- Jeff, in Minneapolis

[Neverfly]

If it were me, at that age, hiding things would have been part of some
pretending thing that didn't have anything to do with the parental units.
Or just something that seemed like the right thing to do at the time...
again, nothing to do with the parental units.

-- Jeff, in Minneapolis

I really agree with Jeff Root here. Remember BEING a kid? Being a kid usually had nothing to do with adult worlds and expectations.

God only knows what we all did as kids that left our parents scratching their heads. And usually it was just imagination at work.

[Spock Jenkins]

I'm with Jim. Just looking for a game to play. "Hide and seek" is always fun. Especially when your hiding objects from a person who doesn't know they're playing. Also - a six year old isn't going to assign the same level of importance to things like car keys. They just know that Daddy looks for them a lot so it would be a fun thing to hide and good for a reaction in short order.

My boys would hide keys once in a while. They seemed to do it because they liked to be the "hero" who found them.

"Have you seen Daddy's keys?"

"Yup - I found them!"

"Good job!"

[closetgeek]

He thinks he is being funny. Does he have favorite toys? You could always make a game out of it with him. Hide his toy and play warmer/colder and maybe he will start doing it with you. My sons game are practical jokes like replacing the sugar in the sugar bowl with salt. He's gotten me a few times with it, but I play practical jokes back and he loves it. He got me good one time by convincing me that our brand new tv was broke. "Mom, the tv won't stay on," he tells me. He had me checking wires and plugs, I even messed with the fuse box. Not once did it dawn on me that he was hiding the remote under his leg and turning it off every time I turned it on.
I think you just got a kid with an awesome sense of humor. Enjoy the ride.

My son (5) has recently been hiding various objects around the house. What is this about ?

Objects are money (coins) and various other objects.


Can anybody help.

[KaiYeves]

Remember BEING a kid? Being a kid usually had nothing to do with adult worlds and expectations.
I sometimes hid things and made strange noises when I was supposed to be asleep to make my parents think the house was haunted when I was about six. I'm not sure if that's related to adult worlds and expectations.

[Sean Clayden]

Thank you for your responses, he is now handcuffed to the sink when he gets home from school and have hidden all his toys. I'm sure he will get over it.

[Onlooker]

I sometimes hid things and made strange noises when I was supposed to be asleep to make my parents think the house was haunted when I was about six.

Did it work?

[Onlooker]

Three thoughts:
1) He\'s trying to get you to pay attention to him.
2) He\'s playing a game with you. (Could be related to 1, but probably just having fun.)
3) It is some form of OCD. (Are the objects related? Does he stash them in the same place(s)? Have you mentioned any fear of losing/not having them?)

Number 2 is the most likely. Kids love to play, especially with their parents. If the game gets a really satisfying reaction out of you, he\'ll repeat it. Both 1 and 2 can be taken care of by coming up with a less disruptive game to play with him.

He could also be protesting against the claim that zero/zero=1.

[Neverfly]

Thank you for your responses, he is now handcuffed to the sink when he gets home from school and have hidden all his toys. I'm sure he will get over it.

A shining example of a parent. I applaud you sir!

;)

[Sean Clayden]

Thank you. Funnily enough nothing has gone missing since.

[Sean Clayden]

He could also be protesting against the claim that zero/zero=1.

wHAT IS ZERO/ZERO ?

[Frog march]

it is the amount of time it takes a car to travel 0meters at 0mph.;)



I suppose, that means, any answer is right.



someone's sig went(I think):"where all answers are possible, all answers are meaningless"

[suntrack2]

My son (5) has recently been hiding various objects around the house. What is this about ?

Objects are money (coins) and various other objects.


Can anybody help.

Hi, friend, 5 years of age is somewhat natorius in children, their psychology is different, this is their playing way and nothing more, because everytime they try to find out some different way of paying and consuming their time in this way, they get more enjoyment, ofcourse they don't know whether they are hiding important things of their father like car keys, paper weight, spectacle, tie pin etc. Take a full enjoyment of his acting, praise him and also advice lightly, "hey boy, please do not do it next time (but in a very slow words).

I too have a daughter of 5 years old. :)

sunil (so take it lightly, ignore the child's mistakes for a first instance, in second instance, watch his/her habits, and then advice him/her not to do it, my boy). Your topic is interesting I like it. :)

[KaiYeves]

Did it work?
No, but I seem to recall that that was when they started sending me to therapy. ;-)