My son who has pdd just turned 13 and he has some friends but this past year he has stopped doing things with them out side of school. I use to make play dates with his friends parents but he is a teen now and he will not let me do that anymore. I asked him to call a friend to come over or to go somewere and he tells me that there is nothing to do. He is also my first of three kids so I am not sure how teen boys act with their friends. He is in 7th grade and turned 13 in Feb. Should I push the outside of school friendship??????
Hello, antonifamily. I have autism and pass my teens. I tried to answer your question as best as I can.
Based on my experiences, being a teen with autism sucked! I was very snobby know it all and I thought everybody else was immature. I still like that with my age. Your son should be like that. Also you don't have the closet like you did with elementary school with knowing each other all day. There is alot of peer pressure to be the cool crowd and even though there are some who try to be easy to your son, your son may rejected them or be afraid of us because of being made fun in the past.
Maybe you should talk to your son and ask him if he haves problems with classmates or friends. It may be hard but it worth a try. Also don't pressure him. I don't know how you should confront this issue but don't pressure him (like nag at him or tell him how to do this or that). Be nice, quiet, and patient with him
If he haves Asrenger's Syndromne like me, he may odd hobbies or interests that his peers don't do. If a interest doesn't fit with him, he ignores all others.
Talk to service coordinator or your doctor. They might know of services or advice better and have more contacts for these type of services.
I hope this helped you. Good luck to you and your son and take care
Can you get him into some sort of organized activity where he is around other boys his age? I think part of being a teenagers is being fickle about friends. Maybe give him the opportunity to meet some new people and see what happens. (I am wrestling, I mean raising 2 teen boys too, and its scarey even without the pdd!) :-)
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