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<blockquote data-quote="ML" data-source="post: 71177"><p>My son's anxiety prevents him from participating in many activities. We've tried several sports. I take him kicking and screaming (at first) and force him to play these games that he clearly has no intrest in. I keep thinking "but it's for his own good". Is it?</p><p></p><p>One of his problems is tracking quite frankly. In soccer he was more interested in the lines on the gym floor. With baseball his attention was everywhere but on the ball. The sensory overload is just too much. So I stopped forcing him.</p><p></p><p>Recently we thought about cub scouts. One of the school moms mentioned it to me for a second time this week. There was a meeting this evening that I hoped to attend but difficult child begged and pleaded, tears streaming down his face, not to make him go. It's too hard, please don't make me... see this is what I mean about you making my life so awful (his words).</p><p></p><p>I'm really torn between how far to encourage these extra curricular activites. Maybe surviving school is all he can handle. I just don't know if I'm doing the right thing as his mom by allowing him to avoid all of these things that most kids would love to be a part of. I realize that respecting their lead is important. But if I wait for him to take the lead on deciding what to support, we'd never leave the comfort of our home. Even going to the store is an act of pulling teeth.</p><p></p><p>I just wondered if anyone else encountered this dilemma and how you handled it. How much to guide and how much to leave them alone.</p><p></p><p>MicheleL</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ML, post: 71177"] My son's anxiety prevents him from participating in many activities. We've tried several sports. I take him kicking and screaming (at first) and force him to play these games that he clearly has no intrest in. I keep thinking "but it's for his own good". Is it? One of his problems is tracking quite frankly. In soccer he was more interested in the lines on the gym floor. With baseball his attention was everywhere but on the ball. The sensory overload is just too much. So I stopped forcing him. Recently we thought about cub scouts. One of the school moms mentioned it to me for a second time this week. There was a meeting this evening that I hoped to attend but difficult child begged and pleaded, tears streaming down his face, not to make him go. It's too hard, please don't make me... see this is what I mean about you making my life so awful (his words). I'm really torn between how far to encourage these extra curricular activites. Maybe surviving school is all he can handle. I just don't know if I'm doing the right thing as his mom by allowing him to avoid all of these things that most kids would love to be a part of. I realize that respecting their lead is important. But if I wait for him to take the lead on deciding what to support, we'd never leave the comfort of our home. Even going to the store is an act of pulling teeth. I just wondered if anyone else encountered this dilemma and how you handled it. How much to guide and how much to leave them alone. MicheleL [/QUOTE]
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