[CraigSca]

Originally Posted by Godzilla Blitz

Craig: Not to scare you, but have you explored the possibility that your child has mild to moderate autism? The behavior, especially at his current age, doesn't sound particularly normal, and your son reminds me of students that I have encountered with autism and a good friend's daughter who is autistic.

http://www.childbrain.com/pddq5.shtml

My wife has surfed the 'net ad nauseum looking for an explanation. We've taken him to a couple psychologists as well as a counselor. All agreed that he had no mental issue. However, the last person we saw suggested that he was "active alert". See the response above to VPI97 regarding that.

In simplistic terms, I just want this behavior to "go away" and for our child to show that he's human. I feel awful saying that - but it's true. Only fleetingly does it feel like you can communicate with him at a deeper level. But...he's also only 5. I need to keep that in mind.