Board index › Age/Gender related discussions › In-Depth Adult Life Discussion

Advice about NT children?

Page 2 of 2 [ 20 posts ]  Go to page Previous  1, 2

Previous topic | Next topic

JCJC777
Deinonychus
Deinonychus

User avatar

Joined: 19 Apr 2007
Gender: Male
Posts: 396

06 Nov 2012, 5:30 pm

make a perfectly normal relative (maybe grandma) a big part of the kids life



gretchyn
Velociraptor
Velociraptor

User avatar

Joined: 5 Sep 2012
Gender: Female
Posts: 467
Location: Middle Earth

07 Nov 2012, 1:17 pm

JCJC777 wrote:
make a perfectly normal relative (maybe grandma) a big part of the kids life


Good advice, but what if you have no normal relatives, 8O or if you do, they live far away?



JCJC777
Deinonychus
Deinonychus

User avatar

Joined: 19 Apr 2007
Gender: Male
Posts: 396

07 Nov 2012, 1:26 pm

gretchyn wrote:
JCJC777 wrote:
make a perfectly normal relative (maybe grandma) a big part of the kids life


Good advice, but what if you have no normal relatives, 8O or if you do, they live far away?


then make it a non-relative; a friend, a lovely neighbour, a sports club coach, a church youth worker, someone. Give the kid some alternative adult support/mentoring/love points.



gretchyn
Velociraptor
Velociraptor

User avatar

Joined: 5 Sep 2012
Gender: Female
Posts: 467
Location: Middle Earth

07 Nov 2012, 1:35 pm

JCJC777 wrote:
gretchyn wrote:
JCJC777 wrote:
make a perfectly normal relative (maybe grandma) a big part of the kids life


Good advice, but what if you have no normal relatives, 8O or if you do, they live far away?


then make it a non-relative; a friend, a lovely neighbour, a sports club coach, a church youth worker, someone. Give the kid some alternative adult support/mentoring/love points.


I think for my 4-year-old, those people are his preschool teachers. All my family and in-laws are, well, problematic themselves.