"I want to go home."

[fatherson]

My 3 year old child says she wants to go home, when we are home.  She has been saying this off and on for at least the last year.  She can't explain to me what she means by "I want to go home."  It scares me.  What does that mean?  Is it something psychological, spiritual, or just a lack of understanding?  Can anyone help?

[Shy2428]

Hi my son is 2 1/2 and he says momma I want to go home and I tell him but baby we are home ! And we are , we are in are house when he says this , he even says this when we are out . Im a very open-minded person and I believe anything is possible. I feel that there's something he might know that I don't . Ok well ! has any one ever heard of Sylvia Brown ? Well she's a well known psychic and wrote many books and in one of her books she mentions we are all given a phone when we are born / for those who don't know what Im talking about , Well l will tell you , we are all givin a gift of knowledge / psychic abilities when we are born some of use keep it as we grow and some of us lose it . I believe my son has it and Im ok with that . I just talk to him and let him feel free to what he wants to share with me . Just be a positive parent don't make them feel like there's something wrong with them they have a great gift  embrace it .

[Shy2428]

Hi my son is 2 1/2 and he says momma I want to go home and I tell him but baby we are home ! And we are , we are in are house when he says this , he even says this when we are out . Im a very open-minded person and I believe anything is possible. I feel that there's something he might know that I don't . Ok well has any one ever heard of Sylvia Brown ? Well she's a well known psychic and wrote many books and in one of her books she mentions we are all given a phone when we are born / for those who don't know what I'm talking about , I'll tell you we are all givin a gift of knowledge / psychic abilities when we're are born some of use keep it as we grow some of us lose it . I believe my son has it and I'm ok with that . I just talk to him and let him feel free to what he wants to share with me . Just be a positive parent don't make them feel like there's something wrong with them they have a great gift  embrace it .

[radhika28]

May be she heard some of her playground friends saying they want to go home and has been to their home and had fun and has associated that place as "home" for the word..apprently she thinks that place is called "home" without knowing the actual meaning of home.

[ketona31479]

my daughter says that too, but my husband has a cusin that we always have supper with because he lives alone, its become a second home to my daughter, so when we're at our home she will some times say "I want to go home" meaning she wants to go to my husband cusins. We're there every night. Is there some other place your daughter is used to going to alot, that she could be interperting as a second home?

[babygirl6152]

sorry maybe you are a dad/ ha

[babygirl6152]

I agree Just take her by the hand and say "Show me"-
Is she otherwise a happy child?
You are a good mom to be so attentive.

[Limonada]

My son - just turned 4 in October - says this from time to time when we're home.  I don't overthink it, personally - children can, as AnnieBrooke said, have different meanings for the same word sometimes, using the same word to express several different actions, even emotions.  

If your daughter is well adjusted and happy otherwise, than I wouldn't sweat it too much, although drawing her out to try to get her to express what exactly she means is probably a good idea.

[AnnieBrooke]

If my son were saying this, I'd start by asking, "Where is home?  Somewhere different than here?"  (If he said "It is here," then I'd ask "Where do you want to go, then?  A different room?" and see if this leads you anywhere.)  It's possible she is just stuck on the phrase -- sometimes when I'm lying in bed at night, the phrase "I want to get married" floats through my mind randomly, which is peculiar because I've been married for a long time.   Maybe asking her in this way will help lead you through the possibilities; i.e., whether she is talking about "I want to feel cozy and snug" or "I want to go potty" or "I want to go to heaven" or she thinks the word "home" means the Home Store.

[Jaquta]

You may want to check out the parenting expert forum.
What does home represent to the child I wonder?  Maybe your child has a different meaning for the word home?  ??