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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm the parent of two kids with ASD and I honestly don't take offense at OP's post.  Clearly I'm in the minority, though.[/quote]

I am a parent of a kid who was bullied in late elementary and I don't take offense at the content of OPs post.  It is a good reminder, especially for things like character shirts for older kids and the "wrong" kind of pants (ie fleece sweats vs athletic pants...guilty as charged).

I think her tone and delivery needed some softening though, given her audience.[/quote]

My husband likes to wear some star wars character shirts.  I know tons of people of all ages.  Sorry OP it isn't to your approval.[/quote]

I posted a little longer, personal, and kind explaination that got deleted by Jeff because I had also quoted that nasty mean post.

My post was not a personal slam to your husband. You need to filter out what is kind and helpful (hint, not my post) and what is mean spirited (Those posts appeared to have been  deleted by Jeff).

I am not going to rewrite my post that got deleted, but I will say that using my 20/20 rear view mirror, I wish I would have started gradually filtering out my sons beloved minecraft and lego Ts starting in fourth grade so they were mostly completely gone by the end of fifth, and replaced them gradually with equally comfortable mand oftenr cheaper (if you buy at TJ Maxx or Marshalls) Under Armor shirts, plain Ts, etc.

I also wished I had dropped the whole "athletic pants are not for school" line of thought.

When my son noticed in sixth that he did not look like the other kids and that fashion was part of the bullying, we switched over into more current clothes. But by then, it was too late and the switch was so obvious. He went to school excited and proud of the new Under Armor hoodie he had picked out (all the kids wore these) and came home with it stuffed in his backpack.

If I could give advice to help other kids like my son, it would be to deal with the battle at home to make the future days at school much essier.  If we had started gradually filtering out his preferred character Ts back in fourth, the change would have been so gradual and it would have saved him a lot of heartache.[/quote]

I am a PP and was wondering what happened to your post.  I thought that your response in the deleted post was sensitive because it addressed the fact that even though frazzled moms have their hands full doing the best that they can, that sometimes going an extra step with wardrobe changes might make social acceptance a little easier.  [/quote]

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