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Saying hello, and wondering how you all cope. Sheesh!
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<blockquote data-quote="trinityroyal" data-source="post: 593805" data-attributes="member: 3907"><p>Hello Spongebobitis, and welcome.</p><p></p><p>How do we cope? By ignoring the expectations of other people, whether "expert" or "layperson", and just dealing with what difficult child-life throws at us as it comes. </p><p></p><p>In my case, being on the Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) spectrum myself seems to help a lot in dealing with my gaggle of Spectrum-y children. Our house and family life are very structured and sensory friendly so that I can function, so many of the things the children need are already in place, and we have resources available to implement any new things that come along.</p><p></p><p>Time and experience seem to help as well. difficult child's challenges are pretty vast, and we've had to learn so much from dealing with him that the younger children's issues don't seem nearly so big and scary in comparison. Of course, none of the young-uns have hit their teens yet, so time will tell...</p><p></p><p>Trial and error, and a willingness to tune out all of the Perfect Parents of Perfect Kids (tm) help tremendously. Do what you have to do, whether it's carrying your child out of the library in a fireman's lift while he throws the mother of all tantrums because he's grown attached to the coat hangers in the children's area (both literally and emotionally), or keepnig a giant chest of nothing but soft blankets in the house to deal with sensory emergencies.</p><p></p><p>I can't say that it gets easier, but you develop better coping skills, Rhino skin and Warrior Parent armour.</p><p></p><p>Glad you found us.</p><p></p><p>Trinity</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="trinityroyal, post: 593805, member: 3907"] Hello Spongebobitis, and welcome. How do we cope? By ignoring the expectations of other people, whether "expert" or "layperson", and just dealing with what difficult child-life throws at us as it comes. In my case, being on the Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) spectrum myself seems to help a lot in dealing with my gaggle of Spectrum-y children. Our house and family life are very structured and sensory friendly so that I can function, so many of the things the children need are already in place, and we have resources available to implement any new things that come along. Time and experience seem to help as well. difficult child's challenges are pretty vast, and we've had to learn so much from dealing with him that the younger children's issues don't seem nearly so big and scary in comparison. Of course, none of the young-uns have hit their teens yet, so time will tell... Trial and error, and a willingness to tune out all of the Perfect Parents of Perfect Kids (tm) help tremendously. Do what you have to do, whether it's carrying your child out of the library in a fireman's lift while he throws the mother of all tantrums because he's grown attached to the coat hangers in the children's area (both literally and emotionally), or keepnig a giant chest of nothing but soft blankets in the house to deal with sensory emergencies. I can't say that it gets easier, but you develop better coping skills, Rhino skin and Warrior Parent armour. Glad you found us. Trinity [/QUOTE]
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