Household Challenges of Social Confusion (Part One)

Whenever I hear Joshua and Ariel start to get into their heated discussions, I brace myself for Daniel to come running in interrupting them with questions like,

What voice is that?
Are you yelling?
Are you fighting?
Why are you talking like that?
Why are you being loud?

If I do not intervene, they all get frustrated and upset.

Daniel is unsure how to comprehend their words or tones of their voices. Many times they are not necessarily getting loud, yelling, or fighting. Although, Joshua has difficulty with his voice volume and there are quite often times when he is getting very loud, it sounds as if he is getting emotional as well, but he is not – he does not think that he is loud at all and he thinks that he is talking in a calm voice. Normally, they are simply talking and debating. However, I find that I too get confused by how they speak and I ask, “Are you guys fighting?” They say, “no, we are just talking.” :-/ If it gets too upsetting for Daniel he cannot stop asking questions and it can escalate.

Their frustrations are expressed differently.

Continued ... Household Challenges of Social Confusion (Part One)