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13 year old refuses to bathe and 7 year old still cussing us out :(
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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 617027" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Nobody ever tells my twenty year old stinky son (and he is ripe at times) that he stinks. I think that would maybe work. He is an adult of course and on the spectrum and spectrum kids either seem to go two ways...either thay are germ phobic and shower too often or they don't care about societal norms and don't see what the big fuss is about being clean.</p><p></p><p>We never pushed it. We had bigger fish to fry like helping him learn to become independent and he does shower more often now. Spectrum kids are different and not all of them become even 90% like others nor do all of them care if they are like others. My own son is a very happy person and accepts himself the way he is, even if he doesn't shower as often as a grown man should...lol. He does have a lot of people who like him at work because he is a good person...on the other hand, he has tons of cavities. Can't make him care about brushing/flossing either. He just goes to get them filled. Otherwise he is doing very well considering where he started out.</p><p></p><p>We can't make them care if they don't. We can force it while they still live at home (and often create drama over it), but once they move onto independent living of whatever sort they can, we have no control over what they do with their bodies. My son is going into semi-independent housing next year. I hope he brings a toothbrush...lol.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 617027, member: 1550"] Nobody ever tells my twenty year old stinky son (and he is ripe at times) that he stinks. I think that would maybe work. He is an adult of course and on the spectrum and spectrum kids either seem to go two ways...either thay are germ phobic and shower too often or they don't care about societal norms and don't see what the big fuss is about being clean. We never pushed it. We had bigger fish to fry like helping him learn to become independent and he does shower more often now. Spectrum kids are different and not all of them become even 90% like others nor do all of them care if they are like others. My own son is a very happy person and accepts himself the way he is, even if he doesn't shower as often as a grown man should...lol. He does have a lot of people who like him at work because he is a good person...on the other hand, he has tons of cavities. Can't make him care about brushing/flossing either. He just goes to get them filled. Otherwise he is doing very well considering where he started out. We can't make them care if they don't. We can force it while they still live at home (and often create drama over it), but once they move onto independent living of whatever sort they can, we have no control over what they do with their bodies. My son is going into semi-independent housing next year. I hope he brings a toothbrush...lol. [/QUOTE]
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