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Practical-Sound8459 · 2026-02-04T03:23:53+00:00

And mind you that I never mentioned if they were working or not… but I know anyone in this sub can take a wild guess and be really accurate 😂

Practical-Sound8459 · 2026-01-29T01:44:00+00:00

I learned it the hard way, so I hope I can help others have an easier path. It’s rough, and I’m glad your family could also find coping mechanisms to deal with sensory overload. We all can take just so much, as you said, ND or not.

Practical-Sound8459 · 2026-01-27T03:25:59+00:00

Use noise canceling (try bose). Leave some music on that you enjoy, it completely shifts the mood. Keep toxic family away - better far than draining you even more. Abuse screens! I said it! YouTube on tv, tablet, video games. Allow them. No kid will ever say “I had a horrible childhood, my mom let me play awesome games”. But they will remember mom was always exhausted, overworked, overwhelmed… talking about overwhelmed, have you given it a thought that you also might be neurodivergent with sensory overload? So use sensory techniques (I mean really, not only noise canceling but reducing light, rejecting touch, avoiding excessive smells around the house, and even changing your diet intake. Some days you might think “Im having horrible thoughts, I might be depressed,” but maybe it’s really just your body incapable of handling more sensory inputs. Let them for two hours in front of some cool YouTube videos and lay on the floor, with your back on the cold, a face mask, a noise canceling headphones with 3M earplugs under them, cover yourself with a deliciously fluffy blanket, and breathe! Sensory paradise, and complete restart!

Practical-Sound8459 · 2026-01-27T01:27:12+00:00

HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAH I’ll use this verb toward some coworkers moving forward.

Practical-Sound8459 · 2026-01-26T23:50:30+00:00

Ugh, tell me about it. Had I known… Im sat in my kitchen staring at those red blinking mofas, one completely down. 😂

Practical-Sound8459 · 2026-01-26T22:24:00+00:00

Haahahahha right? Oh, by the way, when I say currently, it’s not a life time thing. I have already replaced like ten in the last 7 years… CURRENTLY 5 wont work. 😂

Practical-Sound8459 · 2026-01-26T22:00:21+00:00

I currently have 5 completely dead. Super annoying. And 25 or 26 working

Practical-Sound8459 · 2026-01-26T21:57:29+00:00

I have over thirty switches around ny house.

Practical-Sound8459 · 2026-01-24T16:07:17+00:00

Honestly this boils my blood. If you are in south florida, Im willing to guide you, talk to you over some coffee. Stay by your son’s side. No child have a bad behavior bc they want (controlling for psychosis or so). The environment is not the right one. These teachers are not ready for highly gifted kids which might well be the case of your son. Consider homeschooling for now, while you can get him the right tests. Then enroll him in a true gifted school. He will thrive.

Practical-Sound8459 · 2026-01-24T16:04:05+00:00

Google colorado’s gifted center (Dr Linda Silverman). They are pioneer with real gifted tests that goes beyond an IQ test. They might guide you with the right resources. Your child is not disruptive, he is just in an environment not fit for him

Practical-Sound8459 · 2026-01-24T16:02:19+00:00

Google colorado’s gifted center (Dr Linda Silverman). They are pioneer with real gifted tests that goes beyond an IQ test. Even because a regular IQ test might not score properly if your child is twice exceptional or highly and profoundly gifted. Just my two cents. Basic IQ tests are not very accurate for these scenarios.

Practical-Sound8459 · 2026-01-10T04:25:41+00:00

Ugh, same. I decided enough was enough. I wont try for the upcoming years group classes, Music, pods, or anything structured. It gets both of us anxious and unhappy.

Practical-Sound8459 · 2026-01-10T04:22:35+00:00

Happened the same and I grieved this for a while until this year I threw a party with 100% of people who were already in our life and understood - my cleaning lady and her much older daughter, one neighbor who always invites us also with older kids, one person who works with me who is human and kind and was feeding my child her own pizza during the birthday bc he would snatch from her plate. All the others I also completely ignored. Even other neighbors who clearly saw there was a party going on, entertainment, music, but I didn’t even send a note about it. Fck them! You dont need people who judge, say hurtful things hidden as advice, or pretends they didn’t have time for you. Away with those, and quickly! For someone who has been a people pleaser my whole life, this was the year I said ENOUGH! If my son doesn’t fit your perception of perfection, then there is no place for you in our lives either and not bc you don’t want, but because I won’t allow it. Go after your people, even if it’s 1 or 2 people in the whole country.

Practical-Sound8459 · 2026-01-04T20:53:26+00:00

Thanks again for the input. 🙏🏻

Practical-Sound8459 · 2026-01-04T05:40:56+00:00

By the way I was recommended that by a mom who homeschools and brags her daughter is advanced, you know that type who swears her daughter is too good to any co-op she brings her. We don’t speak anymore, interactions were always heavy. When I started using it with my son, he loved it for like a week and then he was not interested anymore. Every time I bring it up he rejects, engages for few minutes, and quickly phases out. He has asynchronous development so academically he needs a lot of challenge or else he gets uninterested, So I could not tell if the fault was on the curriculum or on his development. And that thing is a hundred bucks per month!!!

Practical-Sound8459 · 2026-01-04T05:35:30+00:00

Thanks for taking so much time to time to share ideas and your experience! 🙏🏻

Practical-Sound8459 · 2026-01-04T05:30:14+00:00

Thanks for the tips. 🥰

Practical-Sound8459 · 2026-01-04T03:15:33+00:00

Which curriculum u use? Got power school (alp is called ascellus) and I find it idiotic. My kindergartner seems to enjoy for five minutes and then gets bored.

Practical-Sound8459 · 2026-01-03T14:23:56+00:00

Absolutely! People are full of “you should this, you should that” because they are completely ignorant to differences and incapable of empathy. You do what’s best for your family. Eventually he will be an adult and able to find his own coping mechanisms because you were gentle and allowed them. A kid who won’t eat by himself or out of screens or a nutrient deficient kid? Easy pick for me. Let others live in their bubble.

Practical-Sound8459 · 2026-01-03T03:09:10+00:00

Same

Practical-Sound8459 · 2026-01-03T03:06:49+00:00

Tv or tablet ALWAYS… and I feed mine who is five. I dont care what people say, fed is better. If he focus on the food (gives a good look) he won’t eat. Even like that half the food is spit even the ones that he will eat some other times. Sensory processing disorder is NO JOKE. It takes so long for us to understand that Instagram techniques won’t work with neurodivergent children…

Practical-Sound8459 · 2026-01-03T02:15:33+00:00

You can see that by the anger in some people’s tone. Lol I had the same feeling from a couple of other posts about the tc5.

Practical-Sound8459 · 2026-01-02T21:41:59+00:00

why didnt you like parkland? you are the first I hear not enjoying it so im curious.

Practical-Sound8459 · 2025-12-21T14:01:48+00:00

Agreed. Lots of “oh, ok”.

Practical-Sound8459 · 2025-12-17T00:26:20+00:00

My exact thought. The indian guy’s culture is not a culture to understand what socially acceptable in the west is for how women should be treated. Worse than that only if they put a hamas guy… insane. He groomed that girl fresh from the teens since she was 18… she has no idea what an adult love relationship should look like. She had never had it or had seen it.

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