GODZILLA! AAAAGGH!

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Hi all,

Been lurking for awhile and thought I'd pop back on after a long

hiatus. My almost 10 YO son, Max has AS and will be entering the

4th grade. Like mnost Aspies he's very precocious and smart but so

preoccupied with his obsession he's no fun for other kids or

teachers. Last year, the obsession was POKEMON, which was actually

great B/C it seemed most of the other boys in his class liked it too

and he made friends for the first time at school. This year

Godzilla has stormed into our lives and he talks, draws, reads and

breathes the beast.

I had the opportunity to take him to work with me ( I am a crafts

instructor and had a summer program for children) and got to watch

him in action--or inaction I should say. all he did was draw or

talk about Godzilla or the other japanese monsters. Any time he was

forced to do another activity with the class he rushed thru it just

to get back to Zilla. All the other kids thought he was totaly

wierd. No one knew (or cared) what the heck a Gamera or Mothra was.

It didn't matter to him what the other kids thought but it broke my

heart! He's getting to the age where the other kids can be sooo

mean and eventually the teasing will go too far. I'm so nervous

about the upcoming school year.

I feel like a lousy mom because i think my cute, quirky, kid is

becoming a text book...Nerd. (Ouch! So hard to say but lack of

better word) It was so hard seeing other " normal " kids his age and

how they interact--teasing my son IN FRONT OF ME! And its not like

I can say " Hey guys, knock it off he has Aspergers! "

Am I ranting? I guess I just wanted to know if anyone else has

these mixed feelings towards their child of wanting to protect them

from the world and wanting them to fit in with it.

Thanks,