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RE: Why You Should Stop Judging Kids for Tantrums in Public
Man, I feel for you. I live with a child with autism and it's tough. I was proud of him last year, when the school told him and us that the very next day he would be taking the regular bus instead of the special bus. He had taken the regular bus once and had a meltdown. We were furious with the school for such short notice, but thankfully he handled it well.
It's beautiful when the kids surprise you. Mine is such an amazing guy. He had a brief meltdown during my meltdown, pulled himself together and waited until my meltdown was manageable to return to his. This both makes me sad and makes me smile. As the mom, I wish I could give him all the space. Congratulations to your kiddo for handling it well. I would have been furious too.
On one hand, I'm furious that it happened, but on the other I'm glad it did because life is so unexpected and things like that happen.
It's that balance between introducing a challenge and maintaining routine . . .