Guest guest Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 Hi , School was fine for me. I think my parents did a very good job of going in before I started the year and talking to the teachers and making sure that I would be treated age appropriately. The other kids were curious at first, but that eventually wore off as soon as they realized that except for my size, I was a lot like them. I imagine that my parents had a more difficult time with the other parents making comments than I did with either the other kids or teachers. Again, I have to stress the importance of kids being treated in a manner that is as age appropriate as possible given certain perameters (i.e. having to eat more often, etc.). I really think that the other kids who are in the classroom with your daughter will follow whatever lead the adults around them set. I only remember one instance (in 1st grade) when I had a problem with another girl who liked to pick me up and carry me around. Once I complained to my parents and teachers, it was taken care of. That's the only memory I have of other kids treating me poorly because of my RSS. There may have been a few other isolated incidences that I've forgotten by now, but by and large, my school experience was extremely positive. ~Hillary 22, RSS --- jamie xxxx wrote: > Hi Hillary, > My name is my daughter is Tori 5 with RSS and > she has a sister who is 22 months they can wear > almost the same size in clothes when I put something > of Tori's on she says thats mine and I just > tell her she out grew it and then not put it back on > her so she still fill s bigger then . How was > thing in school Tori starts kindergarten in the fall > and I am worried how people will react to her. > > > My take on Size/Age > Correlation Question > > > My parents introduced the idea of size not equaling > age by giving me examples. There was a family that > we > were good friends with that had a daughter who had > 's Syndrome and my parents would always point > out that we were the same size but that she was > older. > My younger brother and I are only 18 months apart, > so > my parents would also use him as an example, " You're > older than even though he is taller than you. " > I > think it's really important to also be careful of > " sizist " language. Instead of saying you can do > such > and such when you're bigger, say you can do such and > such when you're older. I also think it's really > important for kids to be treated as their age, not > their size by EVERYONE in their lives (not just > parents). My parents never carried me after a > certain > age because age wise it was inappropriate. I > remember > begging to be carried and saying things like, " but > my > legs are smaller! " My parents would always respond > with something along the lines of, " People your age > don't get carried. If we're walking too fast, we'd > be > happy to slow down so you don't get so tired. " I > don't remember them doing anything else to help me > understand that size does not necessarily correlate > to > age, I think I just eventually got it (and would be > the first to correct people when they treated me > younger than I should have been because of my > size!). > > ~Hillary > 22, RSS > > __________________________________________________ > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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