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This is a jerky question, but is there somewhere to look to see what counts as abuse?
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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 356058" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>You really need to find a copy of that story I mentioned, "Little Squirt". It sounds like it could be very relevant.</p><p></p><p>There was also a TV series called "Round the Twist" based on all the short stories written by Paul Jennings. It's great stuff for kids and even though it does have kids doing typical and often not very acceptable things socially, there is generally a moral lesson in the story.</p><p></p><p>Here is a link to Paul Jennings' biography, it explains that he began writing this somewhat mucky children's fiction for his son who hated reading. Stories about kids having a urinating competition in the school toilet block are winners with young boys especially.</p><p></p><p>I actually wrote a Paul Jennings-style children's story for difficult child 3, about genetically engineered dog droppings.</p><p></p><p>Paul Jennings' stories have a certain amount of magic in them - in the stories, the protagonist does something fairly typical (such as trying to get out of taking foul-tasting medicine, or getting locked in a public toilet) and then something magical happens, often as a consequence (often unnatural consequence). There are twists and turns; the stories and books are addictive. Paul Jennings was also bullied as a kid, and this shows in his stories where bullies often REALLY cop the worst of the consequences in ways tat would have bullying victims around the world cheering.</p><p></p><p>My point is - while what your son sounds like he's doing is inappropriate, it is something that some boys anyway, will get up to when unsupervised. There will be other things too, not necessarily sexual in any way. I found aspects to Paul Jennings' stories faced these issues head on and then answered them in a novel way that still got the message across - don't mess around like this, it really isn't a good idea. But it's told to the kids at their level and with humour.</p><p></p><p>This guy won award after award for his writing, he was a sort of Aussie J K Rowling, long before harry Potter. He got kids reading, especially boys who otherwise wouldn't touch books because they were 'uncool'. The grotty factor is what does it to hook them in, but the moral lesson can often get the point across well to an ODD kid who otherwise just isn't listening.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 356058, member: 1991"] You really need to find a copy of that story I mentioned, "Little Squirt". It sounds like it could be very relevant. There was also a TV series called "Round the Twist" based on all the short stories written by Paul Jennings. It's great stuff for kids and even though it does have kids doing typical and often not very acceptable things socially, there is generally a moral lesson in the story. Here is a link to Paul Jennings' biography, it explains that he began writing this somewhat mucky children's fiction for his son who hated reading. Stories about kids having a urinating competition in the school toilet block are winners with young boys especially. I actually wrote a Paul Jennings-style children's story for difficult child 3, about genetically engineered dog droppings. Paul Jennings' stories have a certain amount of magic in them - in the stories, the protagonist does something fairly typical (such as trying to get out of taking foul-tasting medicine, or getting locked in a public toilet) and then something magical happens, often as a consequence (often unnatural consequence). There are twists and turns; the stories and books are addictive. Paul Jennings was also bullied as a kid, and this shows in his stories where bullies often REALLY cop the worst of the consequences in ways tat would have bullying victims around the world cheering. My point is - while what your son sounds like he's doing is inappropriate, it is something that some boys anyway, will get up to when unsupervised. There will be other things too, not necessarily sexual in any way. I found aspects to Paul Jennings' stories faced these issues head on and then answered them in a novel way that still got the message across - don't mess around like this, it really isn't a good idea. But it's told to the kids at their level and with humour. This guy won award after award for his writing, he was a sort of Aussie J K Rowling, long before harry Potter. He got kids reading, especially boys who otherwise wouldn't touch books because they were 'uncool'. The grotty factor is what does it to hook them in, but the moral lesson can often get the point across well to an ODD kid who otherwise just isn't listening. Marg [/QUOTE]
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