Don't Judge

As a parent of a 3 year old I knew that there would come a day when temper tantrums would be come an issue. The thing is my 3 year old tantrums are not your norm, he can reach a level of screaming that can make your ears bleed.

Why do you ask yourself as you shop in the store can't that parent keep that kid quiet. Well lets see, if I could I really would it doesn't make for a great shopping experience for me either but I can't give into these little fits or they will become even more frequent and I don't really care to have that happen. So as the ear splitting level of noise becomes more frequent because I won't stop and pick up the toy of choice or the chocolate bar of the moment, I'm actually teaching my child that because you act this way you don't get what you want... but also I'm teaching him that if you don't use your words you don't get what you want either.

But there is one other lesson that I'm teaching, it's to you the one that is judging me on my parenting skills.. that you should never judge what you don't know as not only am I the parent of THAT Screaming Brat.... I'm the parent of an Autistic Child who doesn't have all the words that he needs to tell us what he wants.