Honestly,my first response was that you should lose custody of your child.I am sorry at how harsh that sounds but,it really turns my stomach when parents talk about trying to change their children in areas I find unimportant.Who cares if I look in your eyes.
Honestly,does it make me a better person.The same people who can look someone in the eyes can also lie without effort(and the pain it causes me)and stab the person in the back,as soon as it is turned.Get your priorities right.when I look into someones eyes,I am to destracted to llisten to their words or give an intelligent response to their conversations.Teach him to read their lips(look at their mouths)that is a bit more useful.
Over all,I wish parents would stop playing god with their kids.....Could you conceivable question your "right" to control them?You think because you gave them birth....well,chances are,you also gave them AS,so maybe you could learn to start loving them as they are since you bare the brunt of why they are the way they are.
Do parents have any idea how much damage they do in trying to "fix" a child?Teach the child to look as if they are looking in the persons eyes when they get old enough that sucjh things matter...when looking for a job.They may have ,earned on their own how to "fake this" by that time,anyway.
Sorry,I cant think clearly right now,I feel nausious,childhood memories make me physically ill.
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