My boy was born healthy and strong and very bull headed or so I thought , his father and I divorced when he was only 6 months old , and Harry was always struggling with aggression from a very early age and he felt the need to always be touching me , at first I believed it was the seperation of going to his dads every other weekend . But as he grew he became violent with others not just myself , no one wanted to watch him or be around , my elders always told me that it was my parenting and that he just needed a good kick in the butt to straighten him out , but I knew him and knew that wasnt the case , when it was just us life was simple in between our four walls . So I made sure that for 8 years I was the only person in our home , there was no dating no nothing to make him happy . He wasnt potty trained until the age of 4 , and pretty much non verbal until the age of 5 he had his own words he used and I learned them so we could communicate . Pre school was horrific as was jk and sk and grade one . It wasnt until grade 2 when the teacher pulled me aside and told me SHE got me an appt to see an specialist . Turns out that Harry had Aspergers Syndrome as well as some other sensory issues . They told me he would never play organized sports would never make friends easily and wouldnt be verbal as much as others.
Today I am the proudest mom of a 15 year old who plays every sport possible and excels to the top of them , he plays on a AAA hockey team and with draft year next year fingers are crossed and he has an 82% average in his grade 9 courses , and went out and got himself a part time job with out prompting him to ......
Muskoka, Canada