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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How old are your kids? I think the early teen years are miserable for plenty of families. My kids with ASD were no fun at that age. My neurotypical child was ALSO no fun at that age (I recall 13-15 as the absolute worst of it). I remember when my oldest was around 17, it was suddenly like she woke up and became a reasonable person. My younger kids followed a similar trajectory. All that said, if my kids want to opt-out of an optional activity (a school play, dinner at a restaurant when it isn't someone's birthday), we leave them home. I don't like being dragged around, either. [/quote] As the parent of a 9 yo with relatively high-functioning ASD, this is so depressing. We’ve done SO MANY THERAPIES to try to get his behavior under control. Now you’re taking me it gets worse. Our NT child is a dream by comparison. I just follow the advice in parenting books and it works. 😔[/quote]
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