thisismaggiesemailaddress

Hi,
Thank you for your replies to my post, I appreciated and welcomed all
your thoughts.

I guess I was feeling a bit insecure, I learn about so many things
people are doing to "help" their children, but I still don't get it.
Thought maybe it was me.

I'm happy and realize I'm lucky my son is basically happy and seems
well adjusted, I can't take the credit for it and hope that I'm doing
right by him.

It just seemed odd to me about all the issues my friend and I've
heard others go though with their children. I wondered if it was
necessary and I was missing something. Although I admit I would never
ague with my son that way. ( I hope) (someone explain this to me)

Thought maybe It'd be nice to speak with someone else unschooling an
aspie, maybe gain some perspective.

Oh, the argument that I spoke of earlier was over the child's
breakfast. She wanted banana pudding. ( seemed silly to me, dh
too...how does this become an issue?)

Really just wanted a different take on things, wondered how others
unschooled their children with asperger's. DH and I are feeling a bit
alone, our thoughts on things seem so different then the ones around
us. The unschooling life fits us so well, but we really don't have
people around that share our views.

Anyway, thank you again for reading my post and taking the time to
reply. I hope all of you have a wonderful day.

Maggie

Michelle Leifur Reid

On 11/17/06, thisismaggiesemailaddress
<thisismaggiesemailaddress@...> wrote:
> Oh, the argument that I spoke of earlier was over the child's
> breakfast. She wanted banana pudding. ( seemed silly to me, dh
> too...how does this become an issue?)

Banana pudding?!?!?!?! I'm flabbergasted. Did the mom take the time
to figure out that banana pudding would seem like a very logical
breakfast? Bananas are high in potassium, vitamin C, fiber and have 2
g of protein. Vanilla pudding is made with milk (calcium, iron,
protein) and then you have your nilla wafers which have more fiber and
the whole thing together has plenty of carbs to start a young person's
day off with a bang!

Of course this is coming from someone who can justify ice cream for
breakfast! LOL!

Michelle

Christy Mahoney

Maggie, if your son is basically happy then you ARE doing right by
him - really!

> I'm happy and realize I'm lucky my son is basically happy and
seems
> well adjusted, I can't take the credit for it and hope that I'm
doing
> right by him.

If you are unschooling and parenting gently, then you probably won't
have many people that share your views, whether or not your child
has Asperger's. Our lifestyle is definitely not mainstream!

> Really just wanted a different take on things, wondered how others
> unschooled their children with asperger's. DH and I are feeling a
bit
> alone, our thoughts on things seem so different then the ones
around
> us. The unschooling life fits us so well, but we really don't
have
> people around that share our views.

I understand that in the world of special needs, it is even more
emphasized that certain children need specific help from experts,
etc. Schools get a lot of money for these special classes! They
want you to think that you can't do it yourself. But you don't have
to buy into that.

There are certainly unschoolers with special needs who do use
classes, therapy, and/or medication. It all depends on the child
and the need or problem. But if your son is happy, I totally
wouldn't worry about it. If there is ever a time when he isn't
happy anymore or is having a difficult time with some aspect of his
life, then I'm sure you will do what you can to help him get what he
needs.

-Christy M.

thisismaggiesemailaddress

--->
> Banana pudding?!?!?!?! I'm flabbergasted. Did the mom take the time
> to figure out that banana pudding would seem like a very logical
> breakfast? Bananas are high in potassium, vitamin C, fiber and have 2
> g of protein. Vanilla pudding is made with milk (calcium, iron,
> protein) and then you have your nilla wafers which have more fiber and
> the whole thing together has plenty of carbs to start a young person's
> day off with a bang!
>
> Of course this is coming from someone who can justify ice cream for
> breakfast! LOL!
>
> Michelle
>
Ya, I know! I hate to have her see what her reaction would be if she
had seen what our family ate for breakfast this am, LOL.......my ds ate
a bowl of mashed potatoes with cheese, (his idea) My 3yr old ate an
apple, followed later by an egg, lol.....(mom was really bad.....coffee
and popcorn...don't tell......shhhhhhhhh) Don't worry, my kids usually
make up for it latter on their own. Belive or not they love veggies. :-)

Debra Rossing

"Of course this is coming from someone who can justify ice cream for
breakfast! LOL"

Or the Bill Cosby routine "Dad is great! Gives us chocolate cake!" The
kids ask for cake for breakfast and the dad in the skit thinks "Cake?
Cake has milk, eggs, flour ...Sure, let's have cake!"

Personally, I love putting pecans and chocolate chips on my breakfast
cereal.

Deb

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Michelle Leifur Reid

On 11/20/06, Debra Rossing <debra.rossing@...> wrote:
> "Of course this is coming from someone who can justify ice cream for
> breakfast! LOL"
>
> Or the Bill Cosby routine "Dad is great! Gives us chocolate cake!" The
> kids ask for cake for breakfast and the dad in the skit thinks "Cake?
> Cake has milk, eggs, flour ...Sure, let's have cake!"

For those of you a bit too young to have seen it originally:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNStwTlQgJE

Michelle - showing her age

Kelly Weyd

We mix peanut butter with our cereal and then put pecans (or walnuts) and chocolate chips on top of that for breakfast.......YUMMY!
Kelly

Debra Rossing <debra.rossing@...> wrote:
"Of course this is coming from someone who can justify ice cream for
breakfast! LOL"

Or the Bill Cosby routine "Dad is great! Gives us chocolate cake!" The
kids ask for cake for breakfast and the dad in the skit thinks "Cake?
Cake has milk, eggs, flour ...Sure, let's have cake!"

Personally, I love putting pecans and chocolate chips on my breakfast
cereal.

Deb

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