{"id":113,"date":"2010-04-18T21:00:28","date_gmt":"2010-04-19T01:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aspergersparent.wordpress.com\/?p=112"},"modified":"2011-11-04T10:33:54","modified_gmt":"2011-11-04T14:33:54","slug":"looking-for-help-parenting-the-spectrum-teen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/polymathsolution.com\/blog\/2010\/04\/18\/looking-for-help-parenting-the-spectrum-teen\/","title":{"rendered":"Looking for Help: Parenting the Spectrum Teen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I haven&#8217;t updated the blog recently, for reasons that actually tie into my family life.<\/p>\n<p>My daughter, who I call &#8220;Ocelot&#8221; online, is 14. My readers with teenaged girls understand how difficult this age is. Ocelot is filled with stress, anger and a bit of depression. I&#8217;m getting some of it, but most of her anger is reserved for her Dad.<\/p>\n<p>It doesn&#8217;t help that he has AS, and is at a loss as to how to relate to her in a way that (he feels) preserves his dignity and authority but does not send Ocelot into fits of rage.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m starting to research teenage girls with Aspergers\/PDD-NOS, and haven&#8217;t found much yet. If any of you can point me to some useful info, on paper or online, I would be grateful \u2014 and I&#8217;ll summarize my findings here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I haven&#8217;t updated the blog recently, for reasons that actually tie into my family life. My daughter, who I call &#8220;Ocelot&#8221; online, is 14. My readers with teenaged girls understand how difficult this age is. Ocelot is filled with stress, anger and a bit of depression. 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