Comments on: The Magic Glasses http://www.parentingbytrialanderror.com/2009/08/19/the-magic-glasses/ flexibility in raising kids Mon, 30 Jan 2012 06:05:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Sarah E. Ludwig http://www.parentingbytrialanderror.com/2009/08/19/the-magic-glasses/comment-page-1/#comment-1210 Sarah E. Ludwig Sat, 22 Aug 2009 20:05:00 +0000 http://parentingbytrialanderror.com/?p=1790#comment-1210 Elizabeth, that's a great story about the notebook! I do the same things with my kids too. It's amazing how well that can work. Elizabeth, that’s a great story about the notebook! I do the same things with my kids too. It’s amazing how well that can work.

]]> By: Elizabeth Lunday http://www.parentingbytrialanderror.com/2009/08/19/the-magic-glasses/comment-page-1/#comment-1209 Elizabeth Lunday Fri, 21 Aug 2009 02:50:52 +0000 http://parentingbytrialanderror.com/?p=1790#comment-1209 Hey, you do what works! If wacky glasses get your kid out of bed, bring on the wacky glasses. My son has so many rituals and routines to through his day I can't keep up with them--but then he's got Asperger's Syndrome and that kind of goes with the territory. I also remember than when he was younger--say 4-ish--he went through a stage where he was obsessed with Blues Clues. He had a green-striped shirt just like Steve and a notebook just like Joe. That notebook went wherever he did and became a much-treasured talisman. One time we were watching The Wizard of Oz, and he got scared. In a moment of parental inspiration, I told him that holding on to his notebook could make his scary feelings go away. Several months later, we were watching something else--Finding Nemo, I think--and it got to a scary point. He dashed up, ran into his bedroom, and emerged several minutes later with the notebook, holding it in front of him like a crucifix before a vampire. I was completely baffled, and then I remembered: the notebook could defeat scary feelings! Apparently it worked--he made it through the rest of the movie. Hey, you do what works! If wacky glasses get your kid out of bed, bring on the wacky glasses.

My son has so many rituals and routines to through his day I can’t keep up with them–but then he’s got Asperger’s Syndrome and that kind of goes with the territory.

I also remember than when he was younger–say 4-ish–he went through a stage where he was obsessed with Blues Clues. He had a green-striped shirt just like Steve and a notebook just like Joe. That notebook went wherever he did and became a much-treasured talisman. One time we were watching The Wizard of Oz, and he got scared. In a moment of parental inspiration, I told him that holding on to his notebook could make his scary feelings go away.

Several months later, we were watching something else–Finding Nemo, I think–and it got to a scary point. He dashed up, ran into his bedroom, and emerged several minutes later with the notebook, holding it in front of him like a crucifix before a vampire. I was completely baffled, and then I remembered: the notebook could defeat scary feelings! Apparently it worked–he made it through the rest of the movie.

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