Hi everyone and welcome to another Haiku Hope – part of the COPE campaign bundle of creative distractions.
This time I thought I’d write about the attitude of my ASD 7 year old since Christmas.
I hope I’m not alone, but since the man in red visuted, she seems to feel entitled to ask for anything at anytime, and it’s a greedy look on a child that’s always been brought up to be polite and grateful. I hate it, but reasoning with an autistic child can be difficult, and lead to a lot of upset. A balanced, clear and thoughtful approach is needed, but I feel like a bull in a china shop.
Although autism makes it more complicated, I know this greedy attitude is common at this time of year, so I’ve written a haiku dedicated to the problem.
**********
Adolescent greed
Stop asking for more.
But mum, I’m hungry again.
At least it’s not gifts.
**********
Remember if you need more distractions then there are more jokes on my Hold Humour page, as well as haikus on Haiku Hope, awful poems on Crap Poems and odd language in Weird Words. I also have a page dedicated to stress hacks and other ideas to try if you need a distraction within the COPE campaign section of this website.
On my support page there is a list of contact details for organisations that can help with autism and support parents of autistic kids.
Thanks for visiting.
Creative Steph 