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<blockquote data-quote="Jabberwockey" data-source="post: 647061" data-attributes="member: 18238"><p>And this is the point. Calling them difficult child's (yes, I occasionally use this term too) kind of reminds me of two moms meeting in the supermarket. One has her toddler who is sitting in the cart being relatively calm and Mom calls them "My Little Angel". Then you have the other Mom, who's child is screaming loud enough that people all over the store can hear. They are climbing all over the cart, pulling random items off the shelf if Mom forgets procedure and moves the cart from the center of the isle towards the shelves. She has a look on her face that's a combination of the expressions of a person who is waiting in their car for the cop to either arrest them or let them go because "Oh crap! Did I remember to pay all of those speeding tickets?!?!?!", of the person who finally got to go on their dream vacation to safari in Africa only to be standing on the open plains and nowhere near the dubious safety of the vehicle 20 feet away from a lion that seems to be trying to decide between apathy or "raiding the cupboard", and the person who has the maniacal grin of "Consequences be Damned!" as they march towards their bosses office in the determined gait of someone who's decided that "That Bastard wont push me around EVER again!" while feeling the reassuring weight of their pistol and extra clips in their coat pocket, and the Mom of the cart climbing future WWF ring announcer looks at her child and says "My Little Angel" while trying not to look or act too psychotic or infanticidal.</p><p></p><p>Ok, I'm thinking I wont be using difficult child any more. I like MWM's idea of DWC for Differently Wired Child. It hints at possible problems without laying them firmly at the feet of the child while also giving some small semblance of hope because just because they are wired differently doesn't mean they wont learn how to function in society. Yeah, DWC.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jabberwockey, post: 647061, member: 18238"] And this is the point. Calling them difficult child's (yes, I occasionally use this term too) kind of reminds me of two moms meeting in the supermarket. One has her toddler who is sitting in the cart being relatively calm and Mom calls them "My Little Angel". Then you have the other Mom, who's child is screaming loud enough that people all over the store can hear. They are climbing all over the cart, pulling random items off the shelf if Mom forgets procedure and moves the cart from the center of the isle towards the shelves. She has a look on her face that's a combination of the expressions of a person who is waiting in their car for the cop to either arrest them or let them go because "Oh crap! Did I remember to pay all of those speeding tickets?!?!?!", of the person who finally got to go on their dream vacation to safari in Africa only to be standing on the open plains and nowhere near the dubious safety of the vehicle 20 feet away from a lion that seems to be trying to decide between apathy or "raiding the cupboard", and the person who has the maniacal grin of "Consequences be Damned!" as they march towards their bosses office in the determined gait of someone who's decided that "That Bastard wont push me around EVER again!" while feeling the reassuring weight of their pistol and extra clips in their coat pocket, and the Mom of the cart climbing future WWF ring announcer looks at her child and says "My Little Angel" while trying not to look or act too psychotic or infanticidal. Ok, I'm thinking I wont be using difficult child any more. I like MWM's idea of DWC for Differently Wired Child. It hints at possible problems without laying them firmly at the feet of the child while also giving some small semblance of hope because just because they are wired differently doesn't mean they wont learn how to function in society. Yeah, DWC. [/QUOTE]
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