Asperger Mom

Our son has some pretty awesome impulsivity - like nothing I’ve ever seen before. It shows pretty amazing determination - I’m just hoping to help him learn to channel it in positive directions. Once he begins an action, he has to follow it through to completion. This includes things that he may know are wrong … he just can’t stop.

We placed our home for sale in April. Before we listed it on the market there were numerous holes in the wall and in the hollow core doors that had to be replaced or fixed. We purchased new solid wood six-panel doors and stained them to replace the 70’s versions that were hollow. Even the front door was replaced with a beautiful new one with stained glass. We only kept the house on for a few months and then decided the market just wasn’t good.

Now we have decided to drop our price and just try to sell, so we can build on some land (for lots of animals and nature of course).

One of the reasons for the brand new front door was one of these acts of impulsivity - our son rammed his bicycle against the front door
until it split the door frame, even after he was asked numerous times to go ride his bicycle.

He was bored and was channeling his energy into bouncing the tire off the door. I went to the door many times asking him to go ride … you can guess the rest.

Now six months after we first listed our home for sale, we have found a few 5 acre lots and a 2 acre lot in the city limits that we are interested in purchasing. So we have once again put our house back up for sale. As I was driving away from the house for our realtor to have a brokers open house, I was dismayed to see that the front door (NEW, freshly painted) has a few black bicycle tire smudges near the bottom and close to a hundred dents that are handle bar height.

My mantra for the day is, “Please sell this house, before the children destroy it”

Have any of you had any destructive moments during meltdowns or have your children shown intense impulsivity?

Thanks for reading!

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