Just editing for to much personal info on my son
I don't think everyone gets molested, but everyone is certainly worried about it! Definitely keep an eye on the situation, and start talking to him about private body parts if you haven't done so already. The easiest explanation is this one:
"Bathing suits cover the parts of your body that are private. People should keep these parts of their body to themselves. You should not touch someone else’s private parts and they should not touch yours."
I would also add no one should show their private body parts, and of course there are exceptions for diapering, doctor visits, etc.
Here's the link to the text plus bathing suit coloring page:
http://www.drpbody.com/images/PersonalSafety_coloring_page.p df
Good luck with everything!
Thanks so much Norwaymom! Im definately going to print the bathing suit worksheet out!
I was wondering, my son dislikes clothing, altho he does wear it outside when we go places but when we get home or to someone elses house (say family) hell strip immediately. Ive pretty much gave up dressing him at all and altho he does leave his pullups on alot more than before he still strips down to barely nothing often. Were so used to it it dosnt even phase us that he runs around naked. But anyway what im getting at is I think its sensory related but how can we teach him to cover up and be consistent when he hates wearing clothes? Any tips would be useful! I know the ideal would be for him to keep his clothes on but were not there yet and ive tried and he throws a huge fit. I dont understand because hes stopped stripping in public awhile ago.
Also my son plays with his peepee just while watching tv not even thinking about it (like a comfort thing or something) and at first I freaked out and then started ignoring it (im bad at these situations) so now ive been telling him to go in the room to do that and hes rarely ever embarrased if I catch him so thats why i thought the other day was odd too. Anyway now im just rambling! Thanks alot Norway mom,your the best!
You might get some tips on clothing issues here:
http://www.autism-pdd.net/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=13251&am p;KW=clothing+advice
Your probably right about that, I just get so worried about stuff like that. Thanks for the link, you always have such good advice/information!