Comments | jongibbs: One-sided conversations

jongibbs

One-sided conversations

Jun 06, 2011 10:43

I had a long, and somewhat one-sided, discussion with one of my 16-yr-old autistic daughters yesterday.

Basically, she told me that, while she understood she'd been naughty, the punishment of taking her computer priviliges until after lunch seemed a little excessive and that, if her mother was around (Senior Management is off on a business trip for ( Read more... )

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seekerval June 6 2011, 17:38:27 UTC

Raising children with patience and compassion is a courageous thing to do. Children with special needs must require magnitudes more of everything. Blessings on you and all your family to help maintain your own equanimity.

jongibbs June 6 2011, 19:05:52 UTC

Thank you. They're really very lovable most of the time, just like most kids :)

bogwitch64 June 6 2011, 18:28:47 UTC

Hey...that sounds an awful lot like my Gracie in her heyday, and she's not autistic. Screaming was her medium, and Grace was an artiste! I don't see that side of her often these days (she's nearly 20!) but once in a while--ah, the genius of her rages! Whole armies could be defeated by it.

Elder daughter's baby shower was this past weekend. It was GREAT!

jongibbs June 6 2011, 19:06:55 UTC

The hardest part was not laughing.

I'm glad your daughter's baby shower went well :)

snapes_angel June 6 2011, 18:59:02 UTC

Always read between the lines. XD

Mine, a good part of it, was spent sleeping, as will a great part of the week, I fear.

jongibbs June 6 2011, 19:07:10 UTC

Sleeping is good :)

jakobdrud June 6 2011, 19:43:32 UTC

Sounds like you could do with a nice break from family life. How about a 400 mile hike in the Himalayas or a nice swim across the Atlantic, just to relax a bit? :-)

jongibbs June 6 2011, 19:51:51 UTC

Lol, no thanks, Jakob. My kids drive me to distraction at times, but I wouldn't swap them for the world...well, maybe the world :)

jakobdrud June 6 2011, 19:56:48 UTC

I know the feeling. Living with your kids can be a trial , but it's a huge gift most of the time.

birdhousefrog June 6 2011, 22:23:29 UTC

Wow. Go you. Though, I do find it gets easy to be calm in the face of that. You just feel for them. And actually, if she was screaming in your face, she really was communicating with you. Tough parenting weekend, huh? Have a hug.

Oz

jongibbs June 6 2011, 23:14:44 UTC

Thanks, Oz :)