Trying to feed my autistic daughter.

This is Genevie a 4 yr. old living with Autism. In this video she is getting upset because she has to remain seated to eat. When she eats she always has to hold something and if she will not comply with me I will take away her object. Notice as she will not eat till I give it back. This is a common behavior from an autistic child. The object is only a security for her stimming.

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[Guppypants]

Based purely on appearance, I wouldn't eat that either.

[zarehara]

i think you make the meal time really stressful for your child. maybe if you were to add a bit of joyfulness in it, or stop being so severe, everything would go better for your little girl.

[whatever890327897895]

@DeejayHex Annoyance towards something like that sounds to me like intolerance, and I find that annoying.

[zyx0unknown0xyz]

People her mother should not have to say please. She is the adult Jenevive is the child. She is telling her to eat not asking her. thats how it should be done. Parents rule the child not the other way around. She should, however, encourage her child to learn the word please if she hasn't already. Saying please to Jenevive isn't going to make a difference.

[godlover15t]

i think her momma is trying. My nephew is autistic and babysitting him all the time is hard because he wont eat. and shes not screaming at her to sit down. shes her child she doesnt have to say please every two secs.

[Noxnaxia]

First of all, she doesn't seem autistic enough to not eat her food, second, you should give her something that tastes good, besides, that's just like Ramen, they both look disgusting.

[Seebeth82]

I have an autistic son and this is a very common problem with mealtime. It can be so challenging at times when you want to give your child a nutritious diet and they refuse to eat anything you put in front of them.

[mertensj2]

it seems as though everyone has an opinion indicating this type of reinforcement is a poor parenting decision. It is a type of ABA child management called a Response Cost System, and is extremely effective. Once behavioral standards are met, there is a negative reinforcer (in this case, removal of a self-stim object) that is enacted when undesirable behavior occurs.

In many autistic children, positive reinforcers (such as saying "please") have no effect due to undeveloped social cues.

[ADUMBBUTTPRODUCTION]

Ur a bad parent say please were u born in a barn u need special counciling

[IsSense]

fucking bad parents , im sure.

[todand87]

with A name like jenevive, im not surprised shes autistic , and plus why would you film this

[agdollfan4life]

SIT. NO. EAT. SIT. JENIVEVE. would it kill u to say "please" ?!?!?