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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can we please not use the term "neuro-typical?" It's stupid. Just say normal or normally behaved.[/quote]

So my non-neurotypical kid is abnormal? Do you see why people use this word?[/quote]

Yes. By definition, if the child does not behave as is normally expected, he's abnormal. I'm not sure why using more clinical language matters. I prefer to speak plainly.

Look, if you want to go start a thread about the challenges of parenting a teen with special needs, please have at it. Use all the clinical language you want. We even have a great forum where that's appropriate. [b]But don't hijack mine[/b].[/quote]

OP, you are hijacking your own thread.[/quote]

All OP is saying is that she wants to talk about and hear about the day to day challenges of raising a kid - one who has recently stopped being a kid and turned surly as many of them do.  She's not interested in a discussion about "just how bad it can be to raise..." you fill in the blank or "in my family we don't allow that so it never happens... ". In the best of circumstances, most teens are fairly unbearable a good chunk of the time.  It is a normal part of development, but not a pleasant part.  OP - vent away.

My kid is a pisser, too.  I love him, I don't think he's something that unusual, or that awful, or that atypical on any dimension, but boy is he a pisser sometimes.[/quote]

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