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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]SN mom here.  It's hard as a parent because I do feel judged a lot when my child is doing age inappropriate things.  I am on him like a hawk which is insanely stressful and keeps me always on edge in any public situation.  He looks fine so I'm sure most people just think he's a spoiled kid and I'm a bad mom.  Last week he flipped out at a small performance at his camp and screamed at the top of his lungs.  It was completely unexpected and I tried to escort him out but he ran.  Parents were giving me dirty looks and I felt terrible about disrupting the performance, even though the whole incident only lasted about 2 minutes.  I did manage to catch him and physically remove him and of course talked to him about how it's fine to be upset and go outside and express it but it's not okay to distract from other people's enjoyment of the show.   Being an SN mom is awesome and also a lesson in humility.  I would hope that other parents could use those moments to talk with their typical kids about how everyone has different challenges and sometimes people do things that are "weird" not because they're bad or mean but because they see the world differently and don't always know how to go with the flow like the rest of us.  Of course our kids shouldn't hurt others, no kid should, but it would be nice to have the benefit of the doubt sometimes without also having to explain or share private information.    [/quote]

It is s huge huge huge lesson in humility. [/quote]

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