Too purty to live in town.....

8/13/07

Well, Joe earned another hour on the mower tonite. Seems he has trouble understanding the difference between DEMANDING something and REQUESTING something. This has been an ongoing struggle for a while now, but hopefully with more mower time, he'll figure it out.

This is a very important lesson for him to learn. Part of this is complicated by his Aspergers. For example, if he wants a drink, he wants a drink so in his mind, "gimme a drink" is enough to get the message across. He doesn't understand why "May I have a drink please" is necessary. It frustrates him to be told to make his request by starting with "May" and ending with "please". He thinks that all those other words are unnecessary when all he wants is a "fricken drink". sigh.

I've tried to tell him that he will get so much more by asking with courtesy and respect. Hopefully, one day, someday, he'll understand. Until then, I'm gonna have a nicely cut lawn!!

Thanks for coming by,
Curls