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<blockquote data-quote="SearchingForRainbows" data-source="post: 235299" data-attributes="member: 3388"><p>Terry,</p><p></p><p>I wrote a response and hit a wrong button - It's floating somewhere in cyber space... I've been doing this alot lately. Anyway, I'm going to try again.</p><p></p><p>I totally understand how hard it is to live with difficult children!!! Like you, I hate all of the issues with hygiene. difficult child 1 is almost 18. We still have to tell him to take a shower, brush his teeth, trim his nails, etc... If it were up to him, he would wear the same dirty jeans and tee every single day. To him, anything that interferes with gaming is just a waste of time<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" />. And, he misses the toilet quite a bit - Doesn't care. I make him clean it up. He gets furious.</p><p></p><p>on the other hand, difficult child 2 is incapable of taking care of himself. No matter how hard we try to teach him how to brush his teeth, take a shower, etc., he still has problems doing these things. He has no concept of time whatsoever. We have to set a timer when he takes a shower. If we forget to set it, he'll stay in the shower until we tell him to get out - He still comes out with soap in his hair, dirt on his face, etc... As far as aiming in the toilet, forget it. He cleans it up if we ask him but he just ends up making a worse mess no matter how many times we show him how to do it. I get so frustrated!!! I feel like I'm still taking care of a toddler<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" />. And, we've tried everything from laminated picture charts, to written charts, etc., Nothing works!!!</p><p></p><p>difficult child 2 has some really unusual behaviors too. He tries to save scraps of toenails in a small plastic box. When I explain to him why we don't do this, he acts surprised that they're in his room (It must have been a monster from out of space who put them there... Just me being sarcastic). After he acts surprised that they're there, he gets angry and "tantrums." difficult child 2 is fascinated by what he finds up his nose (sorry, I KNOW how disgusting this is!!!). When he is angry, he'll smear the contents of his nose everywhere. </p><p></p><p>difficult child 2 is a pack rat. He saves everything - And, I mean everything - scraps of paper with pictures on them of what he calls "monkeys" (He draws wacked out stick figure things with bushy tails and calls them monkeys. Just looking at one of these scraps of paper with a "monkey" on it, makes him laugh hysterically. And, if you go to throw one of them out, he goes into a fit of rage), bits of string, broken elastics, broken bits of toys, etc. He REFUSES to throw anything away. He keeps his prized possessions in a large plastic box under his bed. I could just go on and on and on, etc... His behavior is so strange!!! </p><p></p><p>Living with my difficult children, drives me almost over the "edge" daily. I'm sorry, this is your thread, not mine. Anyway, if it helps you at all, you are definitely not alone in your feelings. Sending lots of hugs... WFEN</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SearchingForRainbows, post: 235299, member: 3388"] Terry, I wrote a response and hit a wrong button - It's floating somewhere in cyber space... I've been doing this alot lately. Anyway, I'm going to try again. I totally understand how hard it is to live with difficult children!!! Like you, I hate all of the issues with hygiene. difficult child 1 is almost 18. We still have to tell him to take a shower, brush his teeth, trim his nails, etc... If it were up to him, he would wear the same dirty jeans and tee every single day. To him, anything that interferes with gaming is just a waste of time:frowny:. And, he misses the toilet quite a bit - Doesn't care. I make him clean it up. He gets furious. on the other hand, difficult child 2 is incapable of taking care of himself. No matter how hard we try to teach him how to brush his teeth, take a shower, etc., he still has problems doing these things. He has no concept of time whatsoever. We have to set a timer when he takes a shower. If we forget to set it, he'll stay in the shower until we tell him to get out - He still comes out with soap in his hair, dirt on his face, etc... As far as aiming in the toilet, forget it. He cleans it up if we ask him but he just ends up making a worse mess no matter how many times we show him how to do it. I get so frustrated!!! I feel like I'm still taking care of a toddler:frowny:. And, we've tried everything from laminated picture charts, to written charts, etc., Nothing works!!! difficult child 2 has some really unusual behaviors too. He tries to save scraps of toenails in a small plastic box. When I explain to him why we don't do this, he acts surprised that they're in his room (It must have been a monster from out of space who put them there... Just me being sarcastic). After he acts surprised that they're there, he gets angry and "tantrums." difficult child 2 is fascinated by what he finds up his nose (sorry, I KNOW how disgusting this is!!!). When he is angry, he'll smear the contents of his nose everywhere. difficult child 2 is a pack rat. He saves everything - And, I mean everything - scraps of paper with pictures on them of what he calls "monkeys" (He draws wacked out stick figure things with bushy tails and calls them monkeys. Just looking at one of these scraps of paper with a "monkey" on it, makes him laugh hysterically. And, if you go to throw one of them out, he goes into a fit of rage), bits of string, broken elastics, broken bits of toys, etc. He REFUSES to throw anything away. He keeps his prized possessions in a large plastic box under his bed. I could just go on and on and on, etc... His behavior is so strange!!! Living with my difficult children, drives me almost over the "edge" daily. I'm sorry, this is your thread, not mine. Anyway, if it helps you at all, you are definitely not alone in your feelings. Sending lots of hugs... WFEN [/QUOTE]
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