JunoandMaya
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Speaking of teaching manners, this situation happened last night between my granddaughter and autistic son. He loves to spin old CD's and found some about a week ago. Naturally our 2yr old granddaughter loves anything having to do with her uncle, so she was interested in what he was doing with them. She was grabbing them off the table as he was spinning or lining them up. I try to help facilitate positive interactions between them when I can , so this was a prime moment to teach him how to ask for them back nicely by saying "Can I have those please?" He repeated the phrase and she handed them back. Manners are expected in society. We are always trying to teach him how to be appropriate in public just like we teach the littles.
To be completely honest, those babies have been two of the best things for him. His tolerance of them has come so far and he generally loves to be around them. Our granddaughter will ask to sit in her uncle's lap and he lets her. We are always there to guide interactions and to make sure everyone is safe, and it is lovely to see a simple relationship developing between them. She has passed him up in some ways developmentally as things just come so naturally to her, but their bond warms my heart.
To be completely honest, those babies have been two of the best things for him. His tolerance of them has come so far and he generally loves to be around them. Our granddaughter will ask to sit in her uncle's lap and he lets her. We are always there to guide interactions and to make sure everyone is safe, and it is lovely to see a simple relationship developing between them. She has passed him up in some ways developmentally as things just come so naturally to her, but their bond warms my heart.
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