Weirdly enough, since my husband and I both have a fair number of autistic traits, we *expected* our kids to be like us in that respect. Kid1 performed exactly to expectations. Yeah, he seems a little autistic, like us... nothing that's gonna hold him back too much in life, but we do extra coaching on social skills, and are careful about schedules and things. No biggie-- because *we* are that way our house is no-overstimulation-zone anyway. He had minor speech and motor delays, but once he got going, caught up quickly.
Imagine our surprise when the next two turned out radically normal! I was nearly forty when the last one was born. I know, statistics, exceptions, etc. It's just funny to see "autism = older parents" and then look at my own kids who follow the opposite pattern.
Public schools were a colossal waste of time even when we were school age. I wouldn't dream of putting my kids in school now, as long as we had *any* other options. I don't like the product they're turning out. My relatives in the recently-graduated age group are basically unmotivated marshmallows. I'm glad they like their parents enough that they don't feel *driven* to leave home by any means necessary like I did at that age, but still... No drive, no resilience, no curiosity. They don't *want* anything. If that's what schools are producing these days, why the frack would I want to put my kids through it?
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Date: 2022-07-27 04:29 pm (UTC)Imagine our surprise when the next two turned out radically normal! I was nearly forty when the last one was born. I know, statistics, exceptions, etc. It's just funny to see "autism = older parents" and then look at my own kids who follow the opposite pattern.
Public schools were a colossal waste of time even when we were school age. I wouldn't dream of putting my kids in school now, as long as we had *any* other options. I don't like the product they're turning out. My relatives in the recently-graduated age group are basically unmotivated marshmallows. I'm glad they like their parents enough that they don't feel *driven* to leave home by any means necessary like I did at that age, but still... No drive, no resilience, no curiosity. They don't *want* anything. If that's what schools are producing these days, why the frack would I want to put my kids through it?
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