Posted by Dinah on May 22, 2005, at 8:34:06
And first of all, I love him to pieces and am so glad genes and fate worked together to send us a son who is a really good fit for us temperamentally.
But I also was struck by something I've noticed before with him. Even in a group when he's roughhousing (for him) and being playful, there is a qality of separateness about my son. Like an island in a small lake of stillness amongst the chaos. And I can see what my son's play therapist means when she says she has to "interpret" kids for my son, because he just doesn't understand typical kid behavior.
Even the other boys seemed to recognize it, and were appealing to my son when someone was misbehaving as if he were a teacher. Not in total earnest, but not in a teasing way either. As if... I dunno. His was a sensible substitute of an adult point of view?
My son tends to pick the best behaved boys as companions. A lot of them are only children like himself. But I guess all that Montessori paid off. My son seems to recognize the reason for rules, and not see them as arbitrary at all. He is very self disciplined.
I don't know why I'm saying this, other than that it was just so very obvious when he was among his peers.
(And a small brag. He can now beat me in Wheel of Fortune type fill in the blank games. Sigh.)
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