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OP - One idea for the future is that DS could try bowling with your other child(ren) this summer as AMF offers a bowling pass at $40 per person starting May 13 - Sept 1 letting you bowl 2 games a day plus shoe rental.  It includes the rental and any time except Saturday nights.
This might be a time to try this activity as as family, too, at a reasonable price.  Then to maybe ask one child to come one- one one using one of your passes.

I know it is always easy to find teen girls to sit, but if you could put your feelers out to find an older teen boy who might be a good role model  to spend time one-on-one doing things DS likes.  Then also introducing him to say shooting baskets, basic soccer skills, or even art or cooking. It might help him to just "fit in" as middle school approaches on age appropriate activities just with other kids.

It would take a somewhat mature teen, but advertized as an Activity Partner, you might find one as a first job that could give the other teen a leg up with a reference and perhaps help your DS related more naturally with his peers.[/quote]

Op here. Thank you for letting me know about the AMF deal. My 2 kids have not played bowling before, and those arcade bowling do not really count. How long normally are 2 games for 2 kids? I don't know how to bowl, but I mean to try it with kids one day. Are those passes transferable or tied to specific child name?

We never use babysitters because we use school aftercare and day camps for both kids. Kids have been doing well at these environment.  I have the thought of finding a matured older teen boy as a model for a while as a buddy to help him navigate peers and especially when it comes to MS/HS, but it is really difficult to find one knowing nobody to get it started with. Our neighbor is quite dead and I know nobody that I can trust.  We have attended some autism events, and they are all attended with adult volunteers and mostly women being there. DS plays sports like swimming in pool,  basketball and soccer, and I wish I can pair him with somebody one day. [/quote]

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