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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What's been nagging at me about this thread is that a SN kid needs to learn lots of lessons: how to move and control their bodies, how to communicate effectively, to be kind, to listen, etc. they do not need to learn at 5 or 6 that they will be shunned for being different.

I'm sure they will learn it soon enough though.  This whole thread has left me with an ick feeling that I share the planet with some of you. [/quote]

Right.  Kids do need to learn lessons.  But it's insane to suggest the brutal life lessons one learns at 15 need to be learned at 3.  The developmental stage of the child determines whether something is a constructive learning experience or just a needless scarring.  And here we're talking about an SN 6-year-old.

This is a completely fixable thing if the adults just step up.  I don't understand the mentality that holds that ultimately it's the adults' call but also that the adults aren't therefore responsible for what their kids do.  One comes with the other.  If the host family ultimately holds the reins here, then they need to deal with the reality, intended or not, that a child was told by someone in their own family that they were invited to the party.  Just saying "tough, you can't come," without explanation, is an inadequate way to handle that responsibility.[/quote]

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