LINK: children of the corn
I’d like to preface, I’ve never seen the movie, but sometimes kids can be real assholes.
I’m in dire need of advice and hoping that the internet will do its thing. I’d really appreciate suggestions or recommendations.
Grant is 12 years old and a very big kid for his age. His mom is his only parent and she recently lost her job, making things even tougher at home.
Grant is on the spectrum (autism) and has ADHD. I’ve never met him myself, but Maggie told me that he already wears men’s sizes—2x or 3x in shirts and about size 40 in pants. On top of everything else, the kids at his school are incredibly diabolical. They whisper horrible things in his ears, telling him that he should unalive himself and call him the n-word and “retard”. The child is just a child and he has mental health issues as well and for them to do this to him is truly heartbreaking. He’s really trying not to react but it’s taking a toll on him. His mom has reached out to the school multiple times about the bullying but nothing has been done about this.
To make matters worse, someone at the school reported them to child welfare because Grant occasionally comes to school looking disheveled and smelly. His mom is terrified that someone is trying to have her child taken away from her because she’s been complaining to the school about her son’s treatment from his peers.
From what Maggie has told me, the mother is doing her best under these difficult times. Grant is neurodivergent and she lets him wash his own clothes otherwise sometimes that leads to him having meltdowns. She’s actively looking for employment but with inflation and the unemployment rate rising, she hasn’t been successful at the moment. At one point, Grant went to the Girls and Boys Club and they gave him a t-shirt, but it was so smol on him that it basically looked like a crop top. Every time he moved, the shirt would ride up and expose his stomach.
Even though I don’t know Grant or his mother, I want to help if I can. The tricky part is that his mom is very proud and doesn’t want to take charity. She won’t accept money. But Maggie said she would likely accept hand-me-downs or gently used clothes.
So I’m trying to figure out the best way to approach this. Would it be better to buy some new clothes or would thrift store items be okay? He’s only 12 so I know he’ll probably keep growing so I don’t want to overdo it in one size either.
I did think about getting them food but I don’t know what they like or if they have allergies. The most his mom will accept from Maggie right now are things like cup noodles that Maggie says she had “extra.”
So I guess I’m asking… what are some thoughtful things I could give this small fam that wouldn’t embarrass his mom or make her feel like it’s charity? And where is the best place to get these items?
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