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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 49146" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>Do any of your kids do this? </p><p></p><p>easy child & BF1 have arrived, ready to come away with us to NZ on Monday. They brought their DVD of "Silent Movie" to watch together. difficult child 3 is anxious about watching anything new because the unknown always worries him. Any plot conflict seems to be the cause, although the more we get him to watch, the more he seems to be able to cope.</p><p></p><p>Tonight we did a deal - he said he would watch for only half an hour, unless he laughed. He said if the film was funny enough he would watch it all.</p><p></p><p>OK, we know he likes other Mel Brooks movies, so we felt confident. And yes, he chuckled in a few places, plus the pop-up dialogue boxes are perfect, for a kid with hyperlexia. difficult child 3 read every single one of them aloud.</p><p></p><p>But he stubbornly refused to admit he was enjoying it. He kept saying, "I'm bored, I haven't laughed yet," even though we had heard him a number of times. We let him off after 45 minutes because it was his bedtime anyway, but told him we would be watching the rest of it tomorrow.</p><p></p><p>husband just asked me to ask you guys - do you find this with your kids? You want to share something enjoyable with them, and despite themselves they refuse to admit the obvious, that they really ARE having fun?</p><p></p><p>And if so, what do you do? Short of "you did" and "I didn't", which is futile and frustrating, how do we get through to him?</p><p></p><p>The more he locks himself off from films he hasn't seen or books he hasn't read, the more narrow will be his horizons. Once he's seen a film or read a book, he goes back to it obsessively and memorises it. We're trying to find ways to open him up, but not having a lot of luck.</p><p></p><p>All ideas welcome!</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 49146, member: 1991"] Do any of your kids do this? easy child & BF1 have arrived, ready to come away with us to NZ on Monday. They brought their DVD of "Silent Movie" to watch together. difficult child 3 is anxious about watching anything new because the unknown always worries him. Any plot conflict seems to be the cause, although the more we get him to watch, the more he seems to be able to cope. Tonight we did a deal - he said he would watch for only half an hour, unless he laughed. He said if the film was funny enough he would watch it all. OK, we know he likes other Mel Brooks movies, so we felt confident. And yes, he chuckled in a few places, plus the pop-up dialogue boxes are perfect, for a kid with hyperlexia. difficult child 3 read every single one of them aloud. But he stubbornly refused to admit he was enjoying it. He kept saying, "I'm bored, I haven't laughed yet," even though we had heard him a number of times. We let him off after 45 minutes because it was his bedtime anyway, but told him we would be watching the rest of it tomorrow. husband just asked me to ask you guys - do you find this with your kids? You want to share something enjoyable with them, and despite themselves they refuse to admit the obvious, that they really ARE having fun? And if so, what do you do? Short of "you did" and "I didn't", which is futile and frustrating, how do we get through to him? The more he locks himself off from films he hasn't seen or books he hasn't read, the more narrow will be his horizons. Once he's seen a film or read a book, he goes back to it obsessively and memorises it. We're trying to find ways to open him up, but not having a lot of luck. All ideas welcome! Marg [/QUOTE]
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