Wanting to control play situationsAround age 10 or 11, social learning challenges become more noticeable because becoming part of a same-gender peer group becomes important to more kids and social expectations increase. This is when most parents reach out to me because they realize this has not improved with age.lagging perspective-taking skills
often don’t understand why their peers may reacts negatively to them. As a result, they may think other kids are being mean to them or they are being bullied. In reality, most of the time, their words or behaviors elicited a negative response. I call this “cringe-y thoughts.”, or reading the field. If your son ever walked into the street without looking, it was because he wasn’t using situational awareness.
ryanwexelblatt 'they may think other kids are being mean to them or they are being bullied. In reality, most of the time, their words or behaviors elicited a negative response.' Hey, this is super-gross victim-blaming verbiage.