Pushy neighbor
We camped in Sterling State Park, MI, last week. Upon arrival, we barely came to a stop in our pull through site and got out when I noticed a young boy pull up on his bike in the grass between our sit...
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naturist wrote:
I am no physician, nor any sort of expert on human behavior, but my guess is that the kid the OP talks about is an Asperger syndrome kid. Not dangerous, you understand, but his inability to recognize faces or to pick up on subtle hints and somewhat obsessive, in this case with regard to helping, and inability to perceive boundaries suggests this to me.
Such a kid can be annoying, and somewhat alarming, without meaning to be or having nefarious intentions. Because an Asperger kid cannot process subtle social clues, there is no use in getting bent out of shape yourself with their behavior; they truly can't tell that they are annoying you. He's still a human being, of course, and deserving kind consideration, but admittedly somewhat difficult to deal with, especially if you don't recognize what is going on.
X4 on this!
I was just about to write that the kid may have been somewhat developmentally disabled/challenged. Not the kids fault at all.
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