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I am a mom of 2 boys, one typical and one with PDD-NOS.
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Friday, July 22, 2011
SJ's super power
It was our turn to drive the boys yesterday for Bob's class. The boys were teasing him some in the car (not badly, just normal boy stuff!). After we dropped off the boys, SJ was in the kitchen with me. He said, "Mom, do you know what super power I would like to have?" I said, "Invisibility?" He said, "No, guess again." I said, "Super fast running power?" He said, "No, guess again." I said, "Super smarts?" He said, "No, I would like to be a Name Calling Hunter." I said, "What is that?" He said, "When kids call me names, I would like to use my Name Calling Hunter laser to zap them." I thought about it for a few seconds. I tried to remember if Bob and the boys had called him names in the car. I couldn't recall any name calling, but I do remember them teasing him a bit. I said, "Who was calling you names?" He said, "Sometimes kids do, like Bob. I don't like it." I said, "Well, the boys weren't calling you names. They were just 'joking' with you." He said, "I don't like to be teased." I said, "Well, next time you need to tell the boys that you don't like to be teased." He said, "Okay, but it would still be fun to have a name calling hunting laser." I said, "It sure would, SJ." I thought it was awesome that he was able to verbalize this to me. This is such huge evidence that he is spending much more time in the typical world instead of the autism world. It is too bad all of us couldn't have a name calling laser. I would even settle for a name calling shield that could ricochet the bad names back at the name caller. Maybe that should be my super power.
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I want a shield like that!
ReplyDeleteIf I find one on sale, I will pick you up one!
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