Sanura has made some neighborhood friends, so has Nevaeh. I’m telling you I have a hard time letting go. I want to let them go play and make friends and I also want to protect them.
I homeschool them so this a great chance for them to socialize which I’m happy about. The problem is Sanura is so desperately wanting to be accepted, she wants to make friends but hasn’t been able to ever really make a good friend because of the social issues that Aspergers Syndrome presents for her. I just don’t want her to compromise her values to be accepted. I noticed some of the kids hitting each other (not hitting my children) and for sure I didn’t like that and Nevaeh also said one of them said a bad word (eventually I got her to tell me what it was and someone said “I hate you” to someone else) hate, stupid, shut up, and retard are all bad words in our house. I have high moral expectations from my children and I’m nervous about outside influences.
I just remind them to always do what she knows is right even other kids aren’t doing the right things. Meanwhile, I play stalker and peek out the back gate checking on her every now and then. I might need anxiety medication to deal with all this “friend making” stuff…..