5 Year Old That Know Everything

Take away ALL TV that is not already previewed by someone, that is okay for him to watch since he thinks everything is real. It will pass.

Good luck.

T.- they all know everything- wait til he is a pre-teen. LOL I am not sure there is a way to get them out of that "stage" but I'd monitor the scary stuff. I am not saying- you let him watch bad stuff but did you read about the kids who watched Sadamn's hanging and hung theirselves thinking they were just playing. It is scarey. Innocense of child hood lost. I'd tell him, it may seem real, and I know you don't agree but that's how it is. I'd worry more about agruing but seriously monitor the TV.

my son snuck out of his room one night after we had rented movies and saw 4 happened to be one of them..i thought i kept them in a good place so he wouldn't mistakenly put it in the dvd player & watch it..boy was i wrong..he came into my room screaming that the machines were eating people..i told him that it was a movie for grown ups and that it was pretend..i put the menu of the dvd on how they did the creation of the movie and after he had seen that it was just makeup & the people realy didn't die he was ok with it..needless to say we make sure he is very much alseep before we watch them and i bought a lock box to keep them in so he can't get to it.

I think it is just a phase. My five year old son will tell me something, and i will say no sweety, this is that or what not. And He will say, "you don't know, I know eberyding." Gets very frustrating, but I think he will outgrow it.

well, you're way ahead of me in that. My daughter's only 2 and right now she's not really afraid of things like that. My only advice is if you have a tv with a v-chip in it, use it. if you don't have one of those, all you can really do is talk to him and explain (maybe more than once) that it's not real, and that you're there for him if he's scared.

You should limit his tv. It's not good for him to watch and he is at the age to where it is normal for kids to be scared. You can't just make him get out of it he needs time and understanding. He needs you to understand that his fear is real to him.

Children at this age don't know the differance between fantasy and reality. That is why alot of times they have bad dreams. I bought a book for my daughter when she thought monsters were in her room that basically gave her the power to tell the monster to "go away and not come back till I say so". It has helped tremendesly. When ever she has a bad dream, we just tell the bad thing to go away and not come back and she usually does pretty well with this. As far as getting your son out of this stage, he will have to grow out of it. I would suggest putting the channel on PBS Sprout or something suitable for his age group.

hey T.

it is normal at that age to believe everything you see on tv is real...my son thought the wwf wrestleing was real...no one could convince him it wasnt..they figure out on their own..just let him that stories on tve come out of books and peoples minds and they are all made up...but dont argue iwht him let him figure it out on his own..

where do you live? i am in indiana...

talk to you soon
L.

I too have a 5 year old. I explained that TV, even though it looks real sometimes isn't always real. They are pretending, just like we do when we play. Whenever something comes on TV, I remind them (I have a 3 year old also) that this is just pretend. My 5 year old now will come to me and ask if something he sees is real or pretend. He is in that stage where he know everything too. He corrects me on the names of trucks ect. I encourage him to learn about things and he wants to know what is right (true) most of the time. He gets really angry with his younger brother makes things up (usually just to get him mad). I would just continue to distinguish what is pretend and what is real on TV, and be patient. Eventually he'll realize there are no monsters in the closets, or purple aliens in the backyard. Hang in there! God bless.