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What Could Childish Behaviour, Lack Of Social Etiquette In A Teenager Indicate?

My daughters fiancé has a eighteen year old daughter who is extremely shy and seldom even speaks when you try to converse with her, she wears clothes that are too young for her and she is homeschooled . My question is she will in public sporting events and family get togethers hop into her fathers lap and snuggle him like a petrified child, is this abnormal it makes me uncomfortable and my daughter gets upset but hasn t voiced her feelings not wanting to rock the boat?
Mon, 28 Apr 2014
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Hello,
Thanks for choosing health care magic for posting your query.
I have gone through your question in detail and I can understand what you are going through.
This is abnormal and there seems to be an underlying feeling of insecurity. Probably loosing her mother early in life could be responsible for this. She needs therapy. Cognitive behavioural therapy and brief psychodynamic psychotherapy can help her. But before all this it would be wise to have one to one communication over the problem. She can be asked about the appropriateness of her behaviour and dose she think that this is normal.
Hope I am able to answer your concerns.
If you have any further query, I would be glad to help you.
In future if you wish to contact me directly, you can use the below mentioned link:
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Wish you good health,
Kind regards
Dr. Srikanth Reddy M.D.
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What Could Childish Behaviour, Lack Of Social Etiquette In A Teenager Indicate?

Hello, Thanks for choosing health care magic for posting your query. I have gone through your question in detail and I can understand what you are going through. This is abnormal and there seems to be an underlying feeling of insecurity. Probably loosing her mother early in life could be responsible for this. She needs therapy. Cognitive behavioural therapy and brief psychodynamic psychotherapy can help her. But before all this it would be wise to have one to one communication over the problem. She can be asked about the appropriateness of her behaviour and dose she think that this is normal. Hope I am able to answer your concerns. If you have any further query, I would be glad to help you. In future if you wish to contact me directly, you can use the below mentioned link: bit.ly/dr-srikanth-reddy Wish you good health, Kind regards Dr. Srikanth Reddy M.D.