I’m going to step out on VERY THIN ICE here.
I have a very deep aversion to kids who SCREEEMMM! (And so do a LOT of people.)
I know, a lot of parents think that everyone should love their little dears as much as they do.
But in the last 10 years of so, most parents seem to think that their little darlings can do ANYTHING THEY WANT, ANY TIME THEY WANT and if you don’t like it, why how RUDE ARE YOU?
An autistic child is what he/she is. They are NOT the problem. They do what they do and can be VERY ANNOYING to those around, especially if the parents are “discipline adverse” types who let their little precious do whatever. (Miracle Worker)
I understand that parents of autistic children love those kids more than life itself. But that does NOT excuse them from structuring the child’s behavior to conform, as best as possible, to normal life.
OTH, there are a lot of people who do NOT share this attitude. And they forcing the rest of us to “like” their child is no different than queers who think we all “need” to “understand and like” their lifestyle.
Once upon a time, folks had this thing called “consideration” for those around them. Parents would take a tantruming child OUT of the restaurant in CONSIDERATION of those around. Parents would take their screemers out of church, in CONSIDERATION of those around them. And on and on.
Now, CONSIDERATION is not even in the equation. I love my kid, and so YOU SHOULD TOO. And you should put up with my kid running riot in the store, restaurant, neighborhood because “MY KID” is “SPECIAL.”
I grew up in a farm district that had a disproportionate number of severely retarded and deformed children. Probably fertilizer, pesticides and/or whatever else.
As kids, we all had respect for those unfortunates. But their parents had RESPECT for all others around. It was a TWO WAY STREET.
It isn’t the autistic child that’s at fault, its the idiot parent who thinks he/she is “entitled” to make the “village” accept the child, lack of parenting notwithstanding.
It does NOT take a “village” to raise your damn kid. It takes a RESPONSIBLE adult who has CONSIDERATION for those in close proximity.
We do NOT know both sides of this story. But it seems that maybe, just maybe, the parents are NOT very responsible, and let their little darling terrorize the neighbors. Just something that should be CONSIDERED.
Where else would such vitriol come from?
Now I’ll stand by and watch the flamers and “new age” collectivists try to bury me.
You are entitled to peace and quiet in your neighborhood!
Would any of the Freepers here defending this kid take it if some inconsiderate lout put their dog out to howl and whine all day? No they would not. There would be posts urging the afflicted to call the police and the humane society to turn said lout in.
Time to call complaints in to the police and child welfare.
You are pointing out all the evidence of the self-absorbed culture we have become. “Virtues” of kindness, consideration, respect, empathy, and a sense of obligation are all out the window.
Anything goes as long as it goes “my way” is the modern life philosophy... and it gets worse every day.
Remember how we all felt on and after September 11, 2001? How long did that really last before everyone was back to their old selfish ways? Everyone is back in front of their computers updating their Facebook status. Catching up with Kim Kardashian and Honey Boo Boo... complianing that they can’t get a job, and wanting Obama to bail them out of their outrageous student loan debt...
It’s tiresome.
Dare I say it and trigger the not-so-passive NSA “chatter detector bots”... but maybe it’s high time for a humiliating reminder from the people that hate our nation just how ignorant we are.
Gotta go... sounds like someone is at the door... trying to kick it down.
“I understand that parents of autistic children love those kids more than life itself. But that does NOT excuse them from structuring the child’s behavior to conform, as best as possible, to normal life.”
The kid was playing in his Grandmothers backyard during daylight hours.
All kids make noise. My autistic son made more noise than most kids and it was the same kind of noise the kid in this story makes.
My position is it’s no more annoying than neighbors who mow their lawns at 8am on Sat. or Sun morning.
Kid was in his grandmothers private backyard. Neighbor doesn’t like...too damn bad. Plenty of things “normal” people do annoy the living hell out of me.