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<blockquote data-quote="Malika" data-source="post: 483538" data-attributes="member: 11227"><p>Thanks, DDD - the journal is on the shopping list <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> I do worry about the social isolation thing, particularly in a culture in which difference is not much recognised or valued, really. And that's difficult everywhere, I realise. We've had the experience of J being invited to friends of mine's houses to play with their children but we don't get invited together again because J is just so rambunctious and high-energy and there is usually some scene about him taking the other child's toys without asking or not respecting their space in some way. He definitely gets on best with other active boys; the calm, reflective, introverted type really don't go for him at all (unless they are years older). At the same time, he is very sociable and outgoing, really wants to connect with people, so it is kind of sad for these kind of kids, isn't it? His teacher said to me he is charismatic and the other kids are drawn to him - one of the parents went in to complain to her because their son was talking about J all the time and even calling his cousins J's name, which I find rather a silly complaint <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> But he's really one of a kind, absolutely not someone who will blend into a crowd and that makes life difficult as well as more interesting, doesn't it?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Malika, post: 483538, member: 11227"] Thanks, DDD - the journal is on the shopping list :) I do worry about the social isolation thing, particularly in a culture in which difference is not much recognised or valued, really. And that's difficult everywhere, I realise. We've had the experience of J being invited to friends of mine's houses to play with their children but we don't get invited together again because J is just so rambunctious and high-energy and there is usually some scene about him taking the other child's toys without asking or not respecting their space in some way. He definitely gets on best with other active boys; the calm, reflective, introverted type really don't go for him at all (unless they are years older). At the same time, he is very sociable and outgoing, really wants to connect with people, so it is kind of sad for these kind of kids, isn't it? His teacher said to me he is charismatic and the other kids are drawn to him - one of the parents went in to complain to her because their son was talking about J all the time and even calling his cousins J's name, which I find rather a silly complaint :) But he's really one of a kind, absolutely not someone who will blend into a crowd and that makes life difficult as well as more interesting, doesn't it? [/QUOTE]
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