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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just wanted to say that I sympathize with you, OP! My son is similar to your daughter and in first grade, his teacher now somewhat mockingly calls him “the professor”. So far, his teachers and doctor think he’s quirky rather than having asd so for now, we are just trying to love him for who he is while working on social skills. This means play dates with “boring” kids who don’t share his interests (which are chess, science, world war 2 and other esoteric things) and practicing kindness.

As he gets older, he’s started complaining about being lonely and I know he wants to connect more with his peers but can’t quite figure out how. I agree with the other poster who said that as the other kids’ social skill become more complex, kids like mine prefer the company of adults because adults are more tolerant of their social oddities. It can be lonely though. Adults love to tell him how smart he is, but that makes the social issues worse (he has plenty of self esteem), so we spend lots of time talking about kindness and connecting with other people even if we are different from them.

I’m not sure that this helps, but I am sending good thoughts your way!

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I know she’s still so young so I don’t know what the future holds but she really is just so different from other kids I get concerned.  In some ways, it’s great.  I love her little old lady personality, special interests and seriousness.

I do get concerned at how she’ll navigate life as she gets older.  Neither DH or I are social butterflies and our son tends to get overstimulated with too much friend time but he’s always been able to make and keep friends. [/quote]

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