They will always be my babies

I was talking about my children to someone I didn't know.  Later I told her they were teens and she said the way I talked about them she thought they were much younger.

Later I thought about it.  Thing is as neurotypical kids grow up they require less support but as neuro divergent children mature they need more assistance.  The demands on them get more intense.  Secondary school, socialising, puberty, hormones it can be a lot to handle.  The need to be on time or a detention, hand in homework or a detention, remember your book or???  You guessed it, a detention!  

These things are difficult when you have executive dysfunction which is a big part of being Autistic.

I'm trying to manage their stuff and then my own stuff. I'm often burnt out. Like chargrilled burned out! I will admit I've been so burnt out I've cried from the pain of just moving. 

I've come to realise as they get older their needs will increase. The depression and anxiety gets more as they are required to function as adults in a world that doesn't cater for their needs all of the time. 

For me that time won't come when they don't need me and I need to get use that.  They will need my support through education, work and family life. That's OK by me. I'm here. 

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