So refreshingly normal

[insanityscratching]

My older son was talking ds this morning about what he'd wrote on facebook including the swearing.Once ds went to school he showed me the wall chat between ds and two of his classmates and ok the language isn't what I'd allow at home but the chat between them was so easy and NT that I've never known ds be able to do that before.It could have been any of my other kids at the same age.
I'm still at the stage where I can't believe that suddenly ds has become a teenager with opinions and mates and strops whereas he's always been so vulnerable and fragile and pretty helpless before.
I've no idea how the school are doing what they are doing because school updates are always comprehensive but unremarkable tbh.

Yay, well done your DS you must be so proud and it must give you so much hope for ds future. On this occasion id allow the swear words too , after all he's only being a typical teenager and they all do it . x

Oh I'm not even going to say I've seen it tbh. He has his brothers and sister as friends so they keep an eye on what's happening because he's vulnerable and naive at the end of the day and they'd step in or alert me if I needed to.

Thats really good that his brothers and sister look out for him. Yes a bit scarey when dc are so vulnerable my ds is too and his 2 brothers are extremely protective of him which is great. So happy that your ds is doing normal teenage things hope mine can too one day

that's brilliant, insanity (even the swearing, as it shows just how well he is adapting to interacting with people in different social spheres)

I'd say it is down to his general anxiety being reduced - if he is feeling more comfortable for longer parts of his day, then he is more relaxed, and more able to just 'be'

dd1 is only 7. she changed schools in Sept, and has really flown since she did. it's unbelievable. obviously she isn't messing around on fb , but when we hav visitors/friends to stay, she is so much more interactive, and well, to be blunt nosey and chattery. even at dd2's school, she is chatting away to peopel at pick up/drop off. small things, and routine conversations atm (she has a severe language disorder), but she is holding her own in short independent conversations. because she is gaining in confidence everyday, just form being in the right place, and less anxious/stressed. she is finding her place, and doing it well - just as you ds is.

oh this has made me smile! :)

The school must be making him feel so comfortable and relaxed with himself they sound brill!