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26 Oct 2007, 7:05 pm

Kids are fine until they reach the age of seven. They become mean, afterwards.


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26 Oct 2007, 7:06 pm

My sister works with autistic kids, but thats pretty much the extent of what I know on the subject.



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26 Oct 2007, 9:26 pm

I'm absolutely in love with my son. Even if his screaming(happy or otherwise) make me want to slam my head into something. I just put in ear plugs a lot of days and it's a little easier to take. He's awesome, though.

A lot of other kids, I can't handle. I dislike most. I don't mind being around them, but I don't typically like interacting with them.
I babysat my best-friend's daughter for awhile, she was hard to take. I'm used to my laid back kids who screams when he has an overload. I'm definitely not used to a very needy child, yeah, she never screamed...but she drove me insane. I had to stop watching her. I love her, though.
Most other kids-blah. Every now and again I find one I like.



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26 Oct 2007, 9:49 pm

criss wrote:
I heard the other day an autistic man hit a baby over the head with a saucepan because he was so terribly overwhelmed and the poor baby died.

Oh my gosh --- kids are okay - at a distance.

But people are different ....



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26 Oct 2007, 10:12 pm

I cannot stand kids.

I have a kitten, and he drives me up the wall, though I love him to pieces. but i know that in a month or so he will be far more independant, while it takes a kid a few decades.



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26 Oct 2007, 11:28 pm

I've found that many of them are in need of training in hormonal control. Simple clapping and patting exercises, particularly with a focus on coordination, have proven useful for this instruction. To really handle children well, one must remember to regard at least some of their seizure-like movements and vocalizations as a symptom of this lack of control. Once their catecholamine levels have been brought into check, handling a child is little different from handling a cat or a pooch, and they are fairly even-tempered.



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27 Oct 2007, 4:08 pm

I've always had no troubles getting along with children. Everytime we have family get togethers, whenever I arrive most of my nephews and neices (which is a lot) yell "yay, Jimbo is here!" hehe.

Edit: However I can only handle the bombardment for so long, it can get on my nerves, hehe. But still they calm down after a short while.



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27 Oct 2007, 4:17 pm

kids are great when they are asleep,not so,when they wake up.
hate and cannot tolerate the noise they make,more than the kids themselves.



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27 Oct 2007, 4:29 pm

crackedpleasures wrote:
sarahstilettos wrote:
crackedpleasures wrote:
I don't get on with children at all. I know I may get nasty comments for this, but to be honest they irritate me and get on my nerves. I don't dislike children but I like them to stay at distance. Can't get along with them at all and have no desire to do so, you cannot have a mature conversation with children ... I wouldn't do any job myself that involves contact with children, as I know I'd dislike it.


That is exactly what I always say. I also cannot handle the assault on the senses, all the noise they make. My mother says I can't expect children to stay quiet and have opinions on party politics, and of course you can't, I know not liking them is a failure on my part.

Good luck Sora! I would not be able to do it.


I just dislike the noise but also the fact you cannot have a mature conversation with them. Lot of kids, especially young children, annoy me. I don't hate them but I hate to be around them.

Probably though this will be a big disadvantage to me because I would love to have a girlfriend but most girls will not like a man who doesn't want children of his own...


I think in this day and age you'll find plenty of women who couldn't be happier to go out with a man who's not interested in having kids. It's not even an aspie thing. Look for women who seem independent and have time consuming interests and careers that they'd be reluctant to put on hold.

I've just remembered a dream I had a while back. In the dream, I gave birth to this child - but there was no labour, it just leapt out from between my legs - even though I had clothes on in the dream. It then leapt around the place like a little ADHD mad thing, and I got upset because I couldn't control it. I have had quite a few nightmares about children.