I need to anonymously confess...
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My DC with HFA is.driving.me.insane!!!! I love DC with all my heart. I really do. I would absolutely give up my life for DC-take a bullet for dc-donate a major organ. It's just this is my time off from work and I think I'm much happier at work. Before DC I thought I was a very patient person. I'm not. We have done a few playdates. We do activities DC wants to do and we have some fun together, but DC is going through a really whiney phase. Oh and an argumentative phase-like a mini lawyer. Everything is seen as worthy of fighting for rights. DC has gotten so quick tempered too-used to manage that better. DC also drones on and on about favorite topics which are not of interest to anyone else on the planet (I exaggerate). Even camp didn't quench this. I would pick DC up after camp and got a days dose of cray cray in the time until DC went to bed.
Yes, we have some great interactions too.Yes we use all the techniques to help DC with more appropriate conversation. Yes, we use and have humor. Yes, we do OT and a million other things. Yes, we reward prosocial behavior and yada yada. I just.need.schoo.to.start YESTERDAY!!! Labor day weekend is too late. Man I hope DC isn't this challenging with teachers this school year. Maybe I should show up at open house with booze and say "you're going to need this." JK 
Why am I venting here anonymously? Because I don't even want to admit to myself just how much my kid is driving me nuts. |
Anonymous
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Amen x 1000
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Anonymous
| So many parents are right there with you. Seriously. So please, please don't let this make you feel guilty. I am sure that you are a fabulous mother. Just as sure as I am that if school doesn't start very soon I am absolutely going to snap and lock both of my children in their bedrooms for an hour. |
Anonymous
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This is our last week before school starts. I thought we would have fun. It had been torture for us too. Fun trips are over, camp is over. Nothing but the two of us. We also did play dates, parks, library. I am so done!
Just two more days for us! The weird thing is that I am sure I will miss him when he's gone all day...kinda! |
Anonymous
| Add a statement about DC trying to steal from the comic book store today and I could have written the original post. Kiddos need structure and predictable routines. Summer is a disaster. |
Anonymous
| eh, it is so not? I leave my kid alone in summer to do what she wants. She makes up stories, she draws pictures, sometimes we go for lunch. |
Anonymous
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I KNOW. Your vent is fully heard and appreciated here on this forum. |
Anonymous
| My kids are NT and I feel the same way. I tilt my glass of wine to you in sisterhood, op. Viva la school start! |
Anonymous
Then your blessing is different. Please give thanks. For others, a kid can't be left alone- tried it once, resulted in fire in room. It's not a competition. Hope you... please recognize sometimes people need to vent. If your house is constantly filled with different therapists, and when they leave you go to various medical appointments, sometimes your only non-parent time (ypu know, when you get to feel like a person and not a caregiver) is the time you take to read these boards and share with others that SN is tough... it is really tough. There is no sugar coating it or dressing it up. There's no Disney film on this one. And when you get to read the boards and see that others think it is tough too you feel less alone, less weird and less of a failure. And then you can go another day with the strength to give it all you've got because with your child, you have no choice. It takes everything you have and you can't give up because it is not about you. But for a few minutes each night reading these boards, it is. So, if you don't understand what that feels like, please be courteous enough to read and comment on another thread. Because your choices seem infinite- but for tonight, this is the only place for comfort. BUT LET'S HEAR IT FOR A FRESH START TOMORROW. Signed, devoted but tired mom of Aspie with mood disorder and possible attachment issues |
Anonymous
Former DCUM - we're out of state now and my kid started school last week. Less than a week of school on the books this year and already conferencing with the teacher just a reminder of what may be coming when you start school.
I have a tendency to idealize summer until about two weeks in... I idealize the school year until about two days in! |
Anonymous
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Right there with you, first poster, and also the 20:45 poster. (Hate those calls or emails!).
Love the comment about showing up at open house with a bottle of booze.... |
Anonymous
| AAAAAAAAAAMENNNNNNN |
Anonymous
| My 21 year old HFA just had a meltdown yesterday. I felt so defeated. Thank you for posting. It's always nice to know there are other parents out there with the same strugggles |
Anonymous
My kids is not SN and he is driving me nuts on daily basis... Especially the whining, ugh... I hope venting made you feel better. I am literally counting the hours for school to start |
Anonymous
Oh crap. I do this too. OP here. That said, I think the first week back to school and the first week of school are usually the best. Teachers seem to wait a week to call or complain and the first week of summer kids are just so excited to be done with tests and playing outside more. Hope you have smooth sailing and the calls/meetings don't continue. Man, I hate that. Principal calls suck too. |