If it's the Special Needs session at the local splash park and you're not a SN family, would you stay or go?

[Waitrosejunkie1]

What would you do?

Adreamisawish why aren't you answering?

Well I think it's spiteful. I'm sure most comments are open to personal interpretation. That's mine.

Well don't take out your exhaustion and frustration on a bunch of kids that have done nothing wrong.

Because I don't see why it's relevant?

sarcasm and spite are pretty close. it seems to be splitting hairs to argue over it. to call anyones child a 'special snowflake' is mean, whatever way you look at it. Its not necessary.

Umbongo, no one is taking out exhaustion and frustration on kids who haven't done anything wrong. What a strange conclusion to reach!

The exhaustion and frustration is directed at posters who have no idea of the impact of what are seemingly small events. Of the incredibly draining and exhausting stress that additional needs can bring, and at the woeful lack of empathy of some of the people on this thread.

I dont see why its relevent about Adreams children either. but fwiw, I agree with her and my kids have SN.

If it's not relavent then why not answer?

Greatfuckability good for you,

You said it was sarcasm born out of exhaustion and frustration.

No need to be sarcastic about any child.

Callins a child a special snowflake Is just shitty.

Firstly, I didn't. And secondly, I'll give you shitty. Dickheads like peachpudding thinking that attending a SN session is a growth opportunity for her kids! Christ on a bike! This is the sort of bollocks we are dealing with, and you're getting your pants twisted because you don't like the way a clearly fucked off mother has referred to the way in which some NT kids are prioritised.

Let that sink in whilst chewing on a big

What are you going to do going forward op? Are you going to contact the splash park and explain that it was so busy that it spoiled your trip? If you think that there were lots of nt families there then there are some good ideas on the thread as to how it could be made clearer that it is an sn session.
If it was just overly busy with sn families then maybe putting on an extra session in the morning the same day would mean both would be quieter?

A still can't see any reason to call a kid names.

Contact the local town council, Bumsex. The organisers have enough on their plate and are already very wonderful.

To be fair to peachpudding I suspect her intentions were better than her post was worded ie she doesn't want her kids to feel they need to stay away from sn kids. Which isn't a bad message. Just not one to be sending at an sn family only event.

Umbongo what is the matter with you? No one called a child names. There was a phrase used that you objected to, the event of which, pales into insignificance given the context of the thread. You can see that, can't you?

I won't answer because I don't discuss things that are personal to my children on the internet if that's ok with you

You are the one who has made assumptions here op, you posted about the session being taken over by nt children but then admitted you didn't know if the children had sn or not.

You don't like the fact that I pointed out that posts from parents of both nt children and children with sn have been spiteful and you seem to think my children's needs have a bearing on wether I deserve an opinion.

Teling SN kids to come back on a day, because this hot spell is too good for them, is spiteful.
Special snowflake is not a type of kid, it's a parental attitude.
25 years of exhaustion and frustration has made me a hard, sarcastic bitch. I will not tolerate my DC (or other peoples DC) being second rate citizens just because they are SN.

What does NT stand for?

I think the park has a responsibility to have clearer guidance and control!

We are SN in some respects but not others so i would make an assessment of whether it was appropriate for us to be there. DS is on NG feeds and o2 with some developmwnt delay but is a noisy little cookie and into everything. If it seemed more geared towards kids with autism etc where DS might be a nuisance i'd go. If it was more general i'd stay as there's less chance of his o2 and ng being oggled at or getting in other kids way / me having the ohhh poor baby what's WRONG with him convo

I didn't say the session had been taken over by NT kids. I said it was so busy that we couldn't access it. Given the size and demography of the town there's no way even statistically that they were all SN families. It's been one of the hottest days of the year, the pool was busy all day and instead of leaving, it is the most likely scenario that some of the NT families stayed. It was unlikely to be jammed with SN families because many, including mine, cant use busy facilities and would have driven on, as we did. All of which is pretty bloody obvious unless you're choosing to be obtuse.

I love you, Pestilence.

NT = neurologically typical
I personally think it is a little derogatory to have to label all kids but it can make for clearer communication on forums etc

Thank you Waitrose
I have also been to SN sessions at local water hole (it's very basic here). They close it on rainy days, we had to get the gardener to open it for us. We were the only ones there, had great fun.