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<blockquote data-quote="TeDo" data-source="post: 553441"><p>difficult child 1 needs "warnings" all the time. I usually have to start with 10 min then work down to 5, 3, 1. If he's watching TV, it needs to be at the end of a segment (during commercials) or a show for the greatest compliance. Yup, could be Aspie.</p><p></p><p> Add social "awkwardness" to the checklist as well as needing to know "why".</p><p></p><p> difficult child 1 does this with commercial jingles, words that grab his attention and sound cool or interesting to him, slang sayings even when he has no idea what they mean so he uses them inappropriately at times, etc. I call these his "mini obsessions".</p><p></p><p> He's established a routine and that can't be broken without throwing his world off kilter. It's also not uncommon for separation anxiety at that age. difficult child 1 is still somewhat like that with me.</p><p></p><p>The more examples you give, the more you are describing my difficult child 1. I didn't see it either until I started looking at things differently.....after months of h*** at the age of 12 and finally starting to ask him "why" he did the things he did ....... because I realized after a lot of questioning him that he thinks VERY differently. I am glad you are starting to look at them now at a younger age. It will help a lot.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TeDo, post: 553441"] difficult child 1 needs "warnings" all the time. I usually have to start with 10 min then work down to 5, 3, 1. If he's watching TV, it needs to be at the end of a segment (during commercials) or a show for the greatest compliance. Yup, could be Aspie. Add social "awkwardness" to the checklist as well as needing to know "why". difficult child 1 does this with commercial jingles, words that grab his attention and sound cool or interesting to him, slang sayings even when he has no idea what they mean so he uses them inappropriately at times, etc. I call these his "mini obsessions". He's established a routine and that can't be broken without throwing his world off kilter. It's also not uncommon for separation anxiety at that age. difficult child 1 is still somewhat like that with me. The more examples you give, the more you are describing my difficult child 1. I didn't see it either until I started looking at things differently.....after months of h*** at the age of 12 and finally starting to ask him "why" he did the things he did ....... because I realized after a lot of questioning him that he thinks VERY differently. I am glad you are starting to look at them now at a younger age. It will help a lot. [/QUOTE]
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