
I'm still in shock, shaking, and sick to my stomach on how to deal with this situation and I'm reaching out for advice. This happened just a couple of hours ago.A little background on my kids, my son is 13, has high functioning autism and his emotional maturity is maybe 10-11 years of age, however he hit puberty early and he looks more like he's 16. My daughter is 8 and has ADHD. They have a typical brother-sister relationship, meaning they usually can't stand each other and they're always bickering.Today I was working in the dining room and the kids were in my daughter's room, playing video games (on separate DS's) with the door open. Our rule is, if they're in a room together, door stays open. Mainly so if they start bickering about something, I can hear exactly what happened. I heard my daughter's bedroom door close. I figured they were just sneaking candy or something but I got up to check in on them almost immediately. I opened the door and my daughter was sitting on her heels with her pants & underwear down. The time between the door closing and me going to check on them was less than 1 minute. It took EVERYTHING I had to remain calm. I asked her why her pants were down and she wouldn't answer me. I asked her again and she said her brother pulled her pants down. My son was still fully clothed and had his DS in both hands, they were sitting maybe 3 feet from each other. I ordered my son back to his room and reiterated our open door policy as calmly as I could. I plan on talking to both later today after I've had time to collect my thoughts and calm down, and get the full story from both of them. I want to be careful with my wording & my response. I haven't said anything to my husband yet because he will assume the worst, that son is molesting daughter, and will blow a gasket. Obviously this is a very serious issue and I need help on how to deal with this. We've had talks about private areas, safe touch, etc with both of the kids so I am confident that they are both aware that it was unacceptable behavior. We don't allow them to be alone unsupervised (mainly due to bickering). I feel this is beyond "playing doctor". Advice please?? via /r/Parenting http://ift.tt/2CFHTbF
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