We have so many threads on the awful things people say. How about some nice positive examples that people could learn from and so be less afraid to come and be friendly?
I say the wrong or the clumsy thing so very often . And people say it to me too about DS2's language issues. I can only think of one recent example where I got it right. I met Nancy's mum at a party. I could see in her eyes that she was waiting to see the reaction. And when I said the truth which was "I've already met Nancy when I was settling DS2 in to nursery - she's a very musical child isn't she" you could just see how pleased Nancy's mum was, and it really broke the ice between us. It probably helped that I'm musical so Nancy and I had something in common.
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Could we have some positive examples of strangers who have said the right thing on meeting our SN child, or nice things that you say to break the ice with SN parents?
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lingle · 27/01/2009 11:52
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