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    if some one has a mental imparment where they act out or if some is disfigured or looks diffrent what do you do if you child ask about themor what is wrong with them how would you explain it to them.i seen it on tvand was wonderin how others teach there kids.
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    My kids are 8 & 11 and they really don't ask about ppl being different (handicapped or whatever). I have told them before that it wasn't nice to stare if I caught them staring, and that is for anything handicapped or just different.
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    Same here MistyWolf, mine doesn't even ask. They know its "not nice" to stare. I truly don't remember it being an issue when they were younger, they are now 15 & 18. Now it seems to me Gracie (who happens to be 18 months) seems to be drawn to those that are in wheelchairs, use a cane, noticable problems. I love the innocence of a small child.
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    When my daughter was about 4 I had an autistic kid in my pre-school class. She asked why he acted the way he did and I told her that god makes everybody different and that his brain works just a little bit different than ours. It seemed to work for her because now at 8 she will say something like "god made his brain different than ours" if she see's somebody out of the norm.






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    Quote Originally Posted by Heidi View Post
    When my daughter was about 4 I had an autistic kid in my pre-school class. She asked why he acted the way he did and I told her that god makes everybody different and that his brain works just a little bit different than ours. It seemed to work for her because now at 8 she will say something like "god made his brain different than ours" if she see's somebody out of the norm.
    Yes, my DD has a friend who is autistic and she has asked why he does some of the things he does. So I explained and she's never mentioned it again.But when she hears other saying something about his 'rocking' or whatever, she just shrugs and says 'everyone is different'.
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    That's pretty much what I tell my kids also. They have said stuff to me and I tell that that God makes us all different. we are all different (eye, hair color, size...) and some times peoples brains just work differently or people grow differently. And it's wonderful that we are all different b/c it would be boring if we were all the same.
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    I pretty much say the same thing except for the God made us part.

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    Quote Originally Posted by YankeeMary View Post
    Same here MistyWolf, mine doesn't even ask. They know its "not nice" to stare. I truly don't remember it being an issue when they were younger, they are now 15 & 18. Now it seems to me Gracie (who happens to be 18 months) seems to be drawn to those that are in wheelchairs, use a cane, noticable problems. I love the innocence of a small child.
    Thats cause Gracies such a sweetie I love to see hows shes growing when you post pictures. Ive been in a wheelchair for39 years and yes little ones are so sweet Ive had little children walk up to me and say what happened, I explain to them I got hit by a car crossing the stree and explain you must be very carefull when you cross the street, this as the parents stand and squrm because they feel bad that there child would come up and ask. I try to put parents and child at ease . Now when some one whos old enough to know better just stares thats just plain rude and not very nice

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