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"So, I find the idea of the Tourette’s kid being popular in 3rd grade totally plausible."

Yes, I also find it plausible that a kid with Tourette's would eventually find some kids on the playground who accept him and start to have second thoughts about a best friend seen as too dorky by other students. And if I was the mom of a son with a disability, I would want to know why my DS is suddenly dropping his best friend. Hopefully, it's not for a shallow reason. ("He's not really that dorky, besides...") This is a great age to start teaching about compromise and tolerance.

DS is in fourth grade and I worry about him being an Asian kid in a mostly white school. He still wears Spidey briefs as well as so-called tighty-whities and it hasn't been an issue yet because he hasn't started changing in front of other boys for gym class yet. I'm not sure there is "popularity" at this age per se but I can totally relate to a mom noticing that some kids seem to fit in much better than other kids.    [/quote]

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