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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]21:38 here.

You need to enforce your house rules: if someone hits, they go to time-out and playing together is over for the day.

To be quite clear, have the parents told you their son was officially diagnosed with autism? Or was it some casual remark that their son sometimes displayed some symptoms of the disorder and the parents have not pursued the matter?

If the former, I hope this child is receiving all the support at school and privately that he can get. Do not feel obliged to subject your son to abuse just because the adults are friends and you feel bad for their son.

If the latter, then pressing the issue by refusing the two boys to play together when their son starts to hit will perhaps give them the heads-up that this behavior has crossed a threshold and they need to consult a doctor.

Full disclosure: I have a son with high-functioning autism (who is never violent, and actually gets bullied by neurotypical children).[/quote]

I was interested to read your post.  I haven't really dealt with hitting and things like this, only this one child.  This is something I will discuss with my DH, and see what we should do.  
I'm pretty certain the parents are aware of issues, but I'm not exactly sure what they are doing re: support.  I never felt it was my business.   This will be hard, but I guess it is time to sit down and have a conversation about it parent to parent.  We've been causal about talking about it before, but now, it's getting worse.  It will be hard because our families spend days at a time together over the summer.   Thank you for your suggestions.  Please post more if you come up with more ideas.[/quote]

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