See, some of my friends have wondered why people sign up for the military.

[conuly]

This is why. Because the military aggressively recruits to teenagers - who, let's face it, are slightly more likely to tend towards the naive side of things. Because it would be un-American to teach kids to weigh commercials and recruiting, or to see when they're being oh-so-subtly coerced. Because the military presents itself as an option - sometimes, they only option - for kids in poor areas, who aren't likely to go to college and probably can't get a good job, not unless they join up.

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[conuly]

You might want to add a few more signs to his repetoire. By which I mean *your* repetoire. Start using them when you speak, y'know?

[lizziey.livejournal.com]

well, we have tha basic baby ones..up, etc. but he does a motion for both eat and cup (they are different motions, do wish i'd see teh eat one more...), want, hug, kiss, "no, that toy", and a couple others i can;t think of right now.

[conuly]

What about "come here/go there", "give me/give you/give him", "outside", "dog", "I'm tired", "all done", "it hurts", or... well, the list goes on and on and on.

I can find a few sites, if you like. Heck, I'll even move beyond ASL, you can do a little improv. The important thing is the communication, not *how* you're communicating. If there seems to be a long-term problem, then you can worry about that later.

[lizziey.livejournal.com]

well give me is basically "want" he doesn;t have a sign for doggie cuz he actually sasys it (koggy, hurts is crying.