Am I Crazy...put my son in upwart basketball??

January 3, 2011

This is only the 2nd practice & things are already going terrible. We have

tried different sports in the past & all have been a disaster. It has been a

few years since last putting him in something & after seeing my nephew with a

downs boy on his team, I thought this might be good for him. He has been

obsessively shooting baskets at school and seemed really excited after the 1st

practice. 1st practice I spent in the hall on my phone, so I didn't see much. I

decided to watch this time and walked out after about 10 min. My 9 year old

started off ok, but it is very clear that he has some attention issues compared

to the other kids and is often not paying attention. He also purposely does

what the coach tells them not to do. These things were not too bad....it was

when he started trying to trip another little boy repeatedly that things got

bad. After the 2nd time another Mom told the coach on him....whuch at the same

time I was calling him over to deal with it. Apparently he was mad & decided he

hates Uopward now. All because he didn't like paasing (it hurt his arm). So,

he decided since he was mad, this could should pay. When I asked him to

apologize, he refused because the kid, " did not deserve an apolgy " . After I

came in to the hall...I kept hearing my sons name repeatedly. How embarrassing!

I sit among all these other Mom's figuring they think I am the worst Mom ever!

I know I shouldn't care, but I do! I work so hard to teach him EVERYTHING, even

the most basic things, yet I'm sure the other parents think I teach him nothing.

It makes me so jealous that their job is so easy compared to mine!

Although...as we speak, my son just Volunteered to say a prayer for the

group...something he would have never done before....hmmmmmmm, it is so hard to

look at the positive until it smacks you in the face!!! Also, I haven't told

anyone about his AS....that has come back to bite me in the past....

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