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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]15:40 and 16:30, so you're saying it's ok to stop scheduling playdates if my DD doesn't like your -- or any other -- SN kid? [/quote]

Yes.

If your kid doesn't like special needs kids, keep her away from my kid.  I don't need the stress. It makes me a little sad, but if she's that uncomfortable you should stay away.

If your kid never adapts to hanging with people with special needs, he/she will grow up to be entitled and intolerant,  but that's really not my problem. It's  not my job or my kids' job to teach your kid how to deal with other people or to have compassion and understanding. [/quote]

NP here.  I'm not sure I follow your reasoning.  As a parent, I might know a child has SN.  That doesn't mean my child knows it.  He/she may simply not like the other child, or stop liking them for whatever reason.  At the preschool/early elementary age, friendships (as noted by a PP) can be very fluid.  Today's BFF from a mutual love of Star Wars may collapse and be replaced by tomorrow's BFF over soccer, as it were.  So should I, as the parent, continue to schedule playdates for a child the no longer like?  Only if they have SN?  Or all children?  And it sounds to me like you're saying they're going to grow up to be entitle and intolerant otherwise....from something they may not even recognize?

Sounds a little flawed.  Not everything is that obvious to the kids at this point, likely just to us.[/quote]

If your kid ostracizes or shuns my child because my child has a disability, I'm not going to tell you it's okay. If you don't explain to your child that a little extra patience is required for some people because they have disabilities, I'm not going to tell you that's okay. [/quote]

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