My boys attend a school with a large population of special needs students, it's a public school but it has a great reputation for having really good, caring teachers and administrators. Consequently, the counselor there has drilled the kids in what is appropriate versus inappropriate language...
Wow! I stumbled across this thread a few days ago. Pictures were missing but the stories were perfect! I have two sons, one of whom is adopted and, well, different from his brother...which makes for lots of misunderstandings and hurt feelings. In reading about Derperella, I thought, "This is...