Our elementary school does a performance each year for every grade. In kindergarten and first grade, the performance went really well. As a second grader, D's performance gave him quite a bit more anxiety. I don't know why this year was different. Maybe it was because his teacher wasn't going to be there. Maybe it was because there was a new music teacher. Maybe his anxiety is just growing. I don't really know. All I know is that D spent the three days leading up to the performance crying, throwing fits, and obsessively reminding me of what time he needed to arrive. He worried about people staring at him. He worried about being late.
In the end, he did great. The days leading up to the event, however, nearly did us all in. I am not sure how to help him relax and not worry when we are getting near a big event. We talk through it. We mark it on the calendar. We have never been late or missed a big event. Hopefully we can find the magic answer soon.
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