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Aspie1
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22 Aug 2007, 5:41 pm

mollyandbobsmom wrote:
He [husband] started saying he thinks dr is just out for money, he doesn't see value of playdates with dr ... and why can't our daughter just talk to us instead of dr? I think these visits are helpful for our son and our daughter just looked "lighter" after she spoke with her brother's dr. Any feed back?

Yeah, I got feedback. I think it's helpful for the daughter to talk to the doctor. Your husband seems to miss an important point when he wants the daughter to "talk to us instead of dr". A lot of kids would feel scared to talk to their parents about certain problems, because of the fear of being judged and/or punished. Doctors, on the other hand, are neutral third parties who are good at keeping a secret, and kids are well aware of that. Also, from kids' perspective, parents have unlimited power, while doctors can do only what their job allows them; deciding who's safer to talk to becomes a rhetorical question at this point. (I originally posted this as a response in the Members Only Forum, but I thought it'd be helpful to post it in the Parents' Forum as well.)



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22 Aug 2007, 8:23 pm

That's so right, Masonjar. To others it often looks like needless fun and very expensive as well to have such "fun playtime"...but, there is definately a reason everyone re-iterates the fact that therapy often includes this type of playtime.

Give it a try, ... if anything, it will help your Aspie... not hurt him. A lot of times, we may have doubts, but sometimes you've just got to leave it to the "experts" they aren't just doing this play sort of thing for nothing.

Godbless you all. :D

Oh, Aspie 1 brings a great point on the previous post.

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