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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]All this thread has done is make OP look bad. I know most parents of kids with SN aren't like this because of personal experiences (my own family and my career), but I'm fearful someone else will read her post and think this is the majority opinion.[/quote]

How exactly? Do explain. This is op. I'm very invited over in the sn community. I see kids treated like this all the time. It's h
Why I send my kid to special needs school and avoid many situations. I certainly have not failed my child. I've advocated for him and gotten him the best help possible.

So suggesting that other parents could not glare at my child when he does unexpected and odd things - I've mentioned blowing raspberries, pouring out water, growling, odd movements - oh and also not bringing babies into the areas clearly marked for preschoolers - I an making us all look bad.

Do you think maybe there is some massive projection there?

[b]I never ever said we don't take my kid home when he misbehaves.[/b] Adult. I never said we don't do therapy or seek professional help - believe me, we do. Others can't afford all the help we have however and they have it worse.

People want to be able to think negatively of parents with kids with. What looks like bad behavior, not all kids with special needs have what looks like bad behavior although many do, and these people will not be told they are wrong. That's the upshot of the thread in a nutshell. [/quote]

You did.  You said that sometimes, you don't correct him when his misbehaves because you have other fish to fry.  If you don't correct him, it's a pretty safe assumption that you don't take him home.  Your definition of misbehaves is, for good reason, different than parents of other kids.  But when your kid behaves in a way that most parents of neurotypical kids would view as misbehaving, and you don't correct him (and presumably, don't bring him home), people are going to glare at him, and it's hard to be sympathetic when you get in a snit about it.  (Important caveat - there is a significant distinction between just doing something odd and directing behavior at someone else.  Anyone who gives you grief because your kid makes an odd movement, or just randomly blows a raspberry is a jerk.  But if he blows the raspberry at someone, or growls at someone, people are likely to expect some correction, and react when they don't get it.)  [/quote]

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