How to cure the Peter Pan Syndrome

The Peter Pan Syndrome is my made up title for my child not wanting to grow up. My child is a very short, eight year old boy. Because of his shortness and his immaturity, he is very often mistaken for a four year old. I may not be able to fix his shortness but he needs to more mature. Here are steps that I am currently using to cure the Peter Pan Syndrome. I will update this article and let everyone know how these steps are working. I have already seen large improvements in my child, so I want to share the steps in hope that you may see improvement in your child too.

Things You'll Need

  • Child who doesn't want to grow up.
  • Patience

Instructions

    • 1

      Give your child more room to make decisions. I noticed that I am the reason for some of the blame for his immaturity. My child is the youngest of the family. When we go out I always hold my child's hand. I make my child's dinner plate and cut my child's food. If this sounds like what you are doing too, STOP! We are holding our child back by not letting our child do it by himself. As easy as this may sound, it is not easy at all. I saw my child fix his plate for the first time himself last night and he about dropped the plate. It took everything I had to not take the plate for him. We need to let your child be impendent and make mistakes. Only help your child when asked or for safety.

    • 2

      Give your child more responsibilities. Make your child do some chores around the house. I did have my child do some chores but they were too easy of a task. The harder chores were left for the older brother. This is not fair to either child. I now rotate the chores and make my child do the harder chores too.

    • 3

      Talk to friends and family about the Peter Pan Syndrome problem. I've chatting with all the family members. We found out that we treat my child like the other younger children. Now we are all making an effort to treat him like the other children his age.

    • 4

      Flat out don't allow immature behavior. You can not allow immature behavior by not allowing the child to get his way until the child acts his age. For instants; the child crying because the child can't open candy, don't open the candy until the child stop crying. Then let the child know that all they had to do was to ask for help. Explain to the child how to open the candy. Not allow the child to get their way when they act immature should force them to grow up.

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