Daniel’s current favorite movie is Pooh’s Heffalump Movie. He will be nine years-old in November, I do not see many boys his age into Pooh Bear, or girls for that matter. Daniel enjoys quiet, soothing, soft type of shows that have easy social interactions. He likes everything and everyone to be calm and peaceful. This weekend I understood more so than, I had before just how much Daniel is observing his social surroundings – I confess that I tend to forget how observant he is to social dynamics. I tend to forget how confusing these things can be for him because he does not talk about any of those things. He asked questions which, made me excited that he was asking questions and wanting to know, but I had not truly soaked into my psyche how it was affecting him.
I have my own social confusions that I am weeding through.
I do not understand the dynamics of Ariel and Joshua with their sibling relationship. I get just as confused when one moment they are playing chess and the next they seem to be bickering about it. Interestingly, I do understand their bickering I just do not understand the social aspect of it “I like you” one minute and the “Never talk to me again” the next kind of stuff throws my mind into chaos. I get confused because one day they are ok with something and the next day they are not. The only rhyme or reason is that they bicker over definitions of words, rules of games, rules in general, how you are “supposed” to say a word, whether the information that they are sharing is accurate, where and when they found their resources.
For instance, the other morning, they got into a heated debate about whether flying fish existed. Continued ... Household Challenges of Social Confusion (Part Two)
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