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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]*My child says your child doesn't have any friends and she is the only person who is nice to him. I refrained from saying. Really? My child says your child cannot get along with anyone and she frequently sulks. [/quote]

That's a horribly rude thing for her to say to you.  I would have considered asking her outright, "why did you feel that it would be appropriate to say that to me?"
On the other hand, focusing in your head on comparing whose kid is less well-liked with seems non-productive.[/quote]

Thank you. This is such a sensitive topic for me. That one conversation made me doubt every single piece of positive information I have gotten from the teacher or another parent or even everything I have observed. My child is on the spectrum and we work so hard on social things. If she had told me her child says my child cannot do math it would not mean a thing because he is great at math. If she told me her child says my child's drawing and handwriting are horrendous, I'd chuckle and agree and say that isn't a strength. This is the one area I worry so much about and it was such a punch in the gut. I know she was not trying to be cruel and maybe everyone else has been lying to me.[/quote]

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