Sep. 7, 2008
Questions, questions!
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I know how important questions are to learning. We observe something, we ask questions, we get answers, we learn. And as a parent I'm supposed to foster my children's inquisitive nature. But it seems there are just some questions that can't be answered. Take my middle child, for example. He doesn't ask questions about why the sky is blue. I can answer that one (believe it or not). No---he asks "mom, why is our CAR blue?" "Um...because that's the color Daddy and I wanted." "But WHY is it blue." Sigh...."Because that's the color the men painted it." "But why did they paint it BLUE?" "BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T PAINT IT GREEN!" The thing is, with "Aspie" kids, asking that question once is never enough. Off and on since we've bought our newest minivan (which is blue, in case you haven't caught on), he has asked this question, not necessarily because he's looking for a satisfactory answer, but because children with Aspergers Syndrome tend to fixate on a particular subject, discuss it with total strangers at the grocery store every time we go there, draw picture after picture of it for weeks, perhaps months, and discuss the subject until the parents are on the brink of madness. And, of course, they will ask endless, often unanswerable questions about it. Here's one for you, brought up during snack time: "Mom, what does the inside of jello look like?" Remind me not to feed him that EVER AGAIN! |
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