Back in June, I wrote about getting other kids to play with your child, an issue that a lot of parents of kids with special needs grapple with.
It is still plaguing me, and it’s stressful. Max is a superfriendly, curious kid. But he scares other kids.
Yesterday, two neighborhood kids came over to the house, I was baking chocolate chip cookies. At some point, the two kids and Sabrina (Max’s four-year-old sis) were banging on our piano, and Max went over and started shouting (his version of singing) and banging on the piano, too, only because his coordination isn’t so good he was accidentally hitting the other kids’ hands.
The little girl looked alarmed. The little boy looked annoyed.
“That’s just his way of playing the piano and singing,” I said, except it didn’t help much. I finally had to distract Max by getting him to help me mix some cookie batter.
Later, the four of them were in Sabrina’s room, and I walked in; Max was shouting, again, and Sabrina had her arms wrapped protectively around the little girl. Which I felt sad to see.
I am so, so frustrated by this one.
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