Four year old anxious about school
Hello, my four year old son is struggling with fairly severe anxiety about preschool. He has been in daycare three days a week since 2.5 and had normal separation anxiety at drop off but otherwise seemed happy and teachers reported normal behavior. Recently, we increased from 3 to 4 days a week, which also coincided with me getting pregnant and experiencing morning sickness. His teacher also reports that she has had to get more “loud” or “firm” recently because a few of the other “rough boys” are pushing boundaries more. My son specifically says he is scared of the teacher getting loud, of rules, and of eating snack and lunch because of the rules of finishing your food (we recently asked her not to force this) and now staying at the table until others finish snack. He has recently stopped eating at all at school. He talks about his anxiety frequently in the evenings and mornings and even dreads school approaching during weekends. I have reached out to a child therapist but am so concerned about how much he is suffering. He will need to go to kindergarten next year and also has a sibling on the way so I cannot go backwards in terms of fewer school days. Please share your recommendations