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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: "I'll snip all of your fingers off...." |
| MiahClone |
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Posted: 02 Dec 2013, 1:13 pm
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Replies: 30
Views: 2,939
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| To say a statement like this... which even a NT kid who's young enough will take literally... I fail to see how this is NOT extremely frightening for the child!! ! That your own parents could actually take a knife to your fingers and cut them off just because you took one piece of candy (or worse, ... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Night time dryness |
| MiahClone |
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Posted: 30 Nov 2013, 10:07 pm
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Replies: 7
Views: 988
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| My oldest (HFA) was around seven when he stopped wetting the bed. I wasn't very worried about it, because he has low muscle tone, and was very late in many things that required muscle control. My middle child (ADHD, but otherwise NT, with good muscle tone and control) was nearly 5, but he was over 3... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: "I'll snip all of your fingers off...." |
| MiahClone |
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Posted: 27 Nov 2013, 11:33 am
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Replies: 30
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| As a Child, I used to suck two of my fingers. My abusive stepfather told me if he saw me sucking them again, he would cut them off. Did he read you Der Struwwelpeter? http://germanstories.vcu.edu/struwwel/daumen3.gif :lol: I looked that book up. What an awful set of stories! Why was that one of the... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: "I'll snip all of your fingers off...." |
| MiahClone |
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Posted: 26 Nov 2013, 12:23 pm
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Replies: 30
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| This is a normal phrase that is used by parents. It is not meant to be taken literally at all. Explanation: Said to make children think twice about doing something naughty. It simply means, "If you touch/do this, you will be in trouble." Hmm. When I grabbed things at the dinner table without asking... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Kicking a kid out of a car and making them walk home ? |
| MiahClone |
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Posted: 26 Nov 2013, 12:00 pm
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Replies: 15
Views: 3,216
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| True, the second mom was not acting as roughly with the kids, and the kids weren't sobbing as pitifully with her as they were with the other version of the mom. The scenario sounds like something specific that maybe happened to you or someone close to you. I have had one of my kids get out of the ca... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Break from Therapies? |
| MiahClone |
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Posted: 18 Nov 2013, 10:51 pm
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,289
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| Almost all of my oldest's therapies have been paid for through disabilities services. It is an alternative to dealing with the schools. |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Advice Needed |
| MiahClone |
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Posted: 16 Nov 2013, 1:32 pm
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Replies: 1
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| This is a sibling issue. My middle child is ADHD/ODD, also very, very social. He is really the odd man out in our family. My husband and I are pretty well described as Hobbits. We like to stay in our comfortable Hobbit hole, have good food, visit family and close friends, and never have any adventur... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: First Grade |
| MiahClone |
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Posted: 12 Nov 2013, 9:28 pm
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Replies: 36
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| You worry too much, I think. People I know in RL tell me that all the time, and my youngest was sent home from preschool last year for hitting other kids or himself nearly a dozen times. One of his favorite past times is to punch his brothers in the balls or tackle the cats, and people tell me to st... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: To Parents of special needs kids Do you take vacations? How? |
| MiahClone |
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Posted: 12 Nov 2013, 3:41 pm
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Replies: 10
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| We take vacations, but everything is planned around our capabilities. My oldest ASD child travels extremely well. The middles ADHD child travels well, but gets overstimulated and obnoxious without a lot of physical activity. Long periods of time in the car with him awake is pretty miserable for ever... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Progress |
| MiahClone |
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Posted: 08 Nov 2013, 2:05 am
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Replies: 4
Views: 901
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| My youngest is doing so well at the church we started attending in July. There really aren't all that many kids there, it is such a great environment for him because about half the kids there are on the ASD spectrum, and there are several others with other special needs, including several with Down ... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: The oversexualization of children |
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Posted: 07 Nov 2013, 6:21 pm
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Replies: 40
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| I don't think the boxers/boxer brief underwear for little boys is sexualizing them. My youngest doesn't like the feel of tighty-whities (no matter what super hero is printed on them). Some guys just know what they'd rather wear early on, I guess. And really having the choice between the three basic ... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Why do you parents feel the need to do this? |
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Posted: 07 Nov 2013, 12:34 pm
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Replies: 47
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| My two oldest are only 15 months apart. The timing was not intentional, although I always wanted more than one. It was actually very good timing, I think. And the particular order fits extremely well with their personalities. The oldest is very passive and was developmentally delayed, so once the yo... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Is it possible to have an affectionate AS kid? |
| MiahClone |
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Posted: 05 Nov 2013, 7:52 pm
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Replies: 45
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| I would love to hear some of the experiences of others parents who have children that, while they are definitely not typical of how most other children behave, are also not typical of how AS or Autistic children are thought to behave. My oldest is diagnosed HFA. He has a history of moderately sever... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: My 22 year old daughter just diagnosed. New and confused. |
| MiahClone |
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Posted: 01 Nov 2013, 12:28 pm
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Replies: 20
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| I have boys that are only 15 months apart, the oldest is ASD, the younger is not. The younger has ADHD which hits him in the maturity department, so he's about even with the oldest in that regard, but socially, he's miles ahead. In skills that should one day develop into "things that will get me gai... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Why are kids so mean? |
| MiahClone |
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Posted: 31 Oct 2013, 10:18 pm
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Replies: 22
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| That's a great quote BuyerBeware. I disagree that all kids will know something is up by that age though. My oldest is 13 and knows his diagnosis, but still doesn't get that there is anything different about him. He has very, very low insight and was pretty sheltered while homeschooled, though. If th... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Not eating lunch at school |
| MiahClone |
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Posted: 31 Oct 2013, 12:48 am
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Replies: 23
Views: 3,682
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| Is he eating at all at the school lunch, even if he packs it? If he's not, I wonder if there might have been a miscommunication. When my oldest was in Kindergarten he was told not to get a milk for some reason. He was in the wrong line or something, and they intended him to go around. (At least this... |
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