Thread:Mollxty/@comment-34343471-20200210222430/@comment-34343471-20200213013555

A squawking child does have its good side. How I got my son to eat apples. When he was 7 or 8, he refused to eat fruits and veggies. So he would get constipated and sit on our bed in the middle of the night and say "my butt hurts" over and over again. For hours. After what seemed like months, I finally got him to eat apples and a few veggies. He kept refusing them but I told him the "butt ow ows" would go away if he did. Eventually he started eating apples and later the veggies. And the discomfort went away. Later in high school. he stopped eating properly. Then he got a cold. So we told him that he got the cold because he stopped eating his fruits and veggies. So he started eating them again and still does. The things we parents do. (I hope he never reads this.)  I had a long chat with a mother whose son is having a tough time in middle school and she wanted to know what I thought of the high school. Well, the high school was good for my son but each kid is different. No way to tell if the high school would work for her son. I felt bad because her son is so unhappy with no friends. Autism is awful. Sigh!