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| Thu, 06-30-2005 - 8:11pm |
give your opinion..and be honest, please.
I have been not working full time for a year now-I am taking classes online and working like 4-12 hrs a wking pt time. We are at point where we really need more money coming in, we really could not afford for me to not have my job,but they could not understand about my needs to take care of my AS son-they just did not "get it". Anyways, I applied for a full time job and it is looking good-the only problem I see is the fact that I would be gone from 830 to 530-meaning when Jake(12, AS) got home from school I would not be home. He would be home for app 3 hours by himself unless my dh got home from work early(which is possible if they finish early-he delivers for Lowe's) . Do you think Jake could handle this? He did it in 5th grade but was only here for 2 hrs(if that) by himself. I just dont know I guess I need to weigh the pros and cons....anyone work ft and have an older child?
Thanks in advance...
Liza

Well, each child with AS is different so it is hard to say. If you left him for 2 hours a day in 5th grade then it is likely he could do 3 now. 3 is not that much different than 2 and he is much older.
That said, I just started letting my 11 year old cross the street (our very quiet street) on her own to let the cat out at the neighbors, and I still watch her as she goes. I am overprotective I know, but Cait has very little problem solving skills and poor awareness. She is an easy target and if something happened that I hadn't prepared her for in the first place, she wouldn't know what to do at all. Even things I prepare her for she forgets. I would not leave her for 3 hours. Not daily. I have let her stay home when she was sick and I was picking the other kids up at school which is tops a 15 minute trip if I get stuck in school traffic. Mike (9 1/2)I won't leave at all and I doubt I will be able to at 11 or 12 either. Definitely not for extended periods. But all kids are different, I just know mine are not ready for that and won't be for a very long time.
Renee