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OMG, I am so tired of his twisted sense of reality--long rant
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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 380981" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Terry, hon, calm down. You are such a good mom.</p><p>I know how you feel because I have a 17 year old who is on the spectrum, as you know. And he can act so adult and he can act very young. I don't get as frustrated though because I guess I take a different view of him. He IS different and has a pervasive development disorder and in some ways he may never catch up. Some things that trigger him are little stuff to most people and I know it. We can help the disability, but we can't make the child "typical" no matter how much love and money and advantages we pour into them. I heard that Aspies tend to reach their peak at age 25, which is a lot older than some kids. They often DO act fine in one area, but ver young in another area. I've dealing with L. for fifteen years and he changes and matures, but he is still different.</p><p></p><p>I hope you can kind of learn to just go with the flow. in my opinion it's not his fault and it certainly has nothing to do with you or your love or parenting skills. They just don't think like other kids/adults and therefore, if we expect them to we are disappointed and frustrated. I still feel sad to realize that L. is different, but I've come a long way in the area of acceptance and HE certainly seems fine with it. He is always going to need some direction. But that isn't the end of the world for us or for him.</p><p></p><p>(((Hugs))) to a wonderful mother. You are doing a great job with the difficult child that you have.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 380981, member: 1550"] Terry, hon, calm down. You are such a good mom. I know how you feel because I have a 17 year old who is on the spectrum, as you know. And he can act so adult and he can act very young. I don't get as frustrated though because I guess I take a different view of him. He IS different and has a pervasive development disorder and in some ways he may never catch up. Some things that trigger him are little stuff to most people and I know it. We can help the disability, but we can't make the child "typical" no matter how much love and money and advantages we pour into them. I heard that Aspies tend to reach their peak at age 25, which is a lot older than some kids. They often DO act fine in one area, but ver young in another area. I've dealing with L. for fifteen years and he changes and matures, but he is still different. I hope you can kind of learn to just go with the flow. in my opinion it's not his fault and it certainly has nothing to do with you or your love or parenting skills. They just don't think like other kids/adults and therefore, if we expect them to we are disappointed and frustrated. I still feel sad to realize that L. is different, but I've come a long way in the area of acceptance and HE certainly seems fine with it. He is always going to need some direction. But that isn't the end of the world for us or for him. (((Hugs))) to a wonderful mother. You are doing a great job with the difficult child that you have. [/QUOTE]
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