Okay. So I may or may not have blogged about this before. Maybe over on MySpace at one point. Anyway, I have an autistic son. Great kid, but he's kind of a loner, so he doesn't get invited to too many birthday parties. Pretty much only to the ones where they invite the whole class. Like this weekend's party.
So I just went shopping for this girl's birthday gift. On principle (and also because it's what I enjoyed at that age--and still do!), I usually buy books as presents. I tuck the gift receipts into them, just in case the recipient's not a reader or is and has already read the titles I chose. Today, when I was in Barnes & Noble, there was a great big middle grade display with RULES by Cynthia Lord featured front and center, so I picked it up (in addition to a couple other paperback titles). My question is this: Even though the book's won numerous awards and features a Newbery medal on its cover, is it preachy to gift an issue book (specifically, my son's issue) to a classmate? I mean, in some ways, I hope it helps her understand why my son does so many offbeat things, but in another way, I don't want to draw attention to his label. I just don't know. Maybe she'll read the book and not even make the connection, so I'm stressing over nothing. Anyone want to weigh in on this one?
Friday, June 5, 2009
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That's a tricky one, Ara. It might be something that does attract unwanted attention to him, and, as I know from my own kid in his age range, it's really easy for parents to be embarrassing at this point, even while trying to do the right thing. I might suggest going for something else...and giving the book to him and his siblings.
Yeah, I wondered. Maybe I'll just give her the other two books. I'd kind of like to read it myself anyway. Thanks, Cathy. : )
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