My friends autistic 6 year old son stomped on our 1 week old kitten blingblingbaby(kids named him). I feel horrible. My kids are so upset they are getting sick. I am heart broken as we were intending on keeping him. My friends son had went in the room they were in and when the kittens seen him ran out and he kicked one, while my middle son came to tell he continued to stomp on them and my oldest son started screaming which got me running. we were to late one kitten was on the ground panting then died the other one I could find seems fine...I can not locate the 3rd.I am praying the remaining two are ok. there eyes just opend and they love attention so they come out to play the minute they hear anyone near, this was bad as today I was not on my feet and now everyone is suffering. I am so sad and broken inside every time I see the others or there mom or my kids. I do not know how to handle this. THe child is autistic and not like other 6 year olds but even my 2 year old knows how to treat animals. Im sorry to rant I am sooooo very upset right now

I am so sorry to hear this. Don't know what I would do.

so sorry to read about this. hopefully the appropriate punishment will take place. so sad!! sending prayers for you and your kids.

Jennifer, My heart goes out to you. I am so very sorry. I don't know what else to say........

How awful. I feel so hurt for you and your children.

I am so very sorry, what a horrible thing to have happen. Poor baby.

I don't believe I'd allow that boy to come in the house anymore. He can't help being autistic, but you have to protect your kids and pets and clearly he can't be trusted. Next time he might hurt one of your children. I'm so sorry about those poor kittens.

Thats terrible sending hugs to you all....

I'm still sick thinking of those poor kittens. Please update us and let us know if you found the other kitten. Poor little darlings.

Oh how awful for everyone.I hope the others are alright.Sending prayers for all of you

I am so upset over this whole matter. My friend(boys mom)has no friends because she cant bring her son around because of his behavior. We became friends last year when our sons went to the same preschool. SHe is such a great women and a good mom, just her son has real issues. I dont know what to do I dont want to lose a friend but I am afraid for my animals and children as he left a huge bruse on my middle sons back from punching him, he can not talk so we dont know why he did it, my son says he just hit him and laughed. I always watch so close so I feel I failed blingbling yesterday. So much mixed emotion, sad for kitten, sad for kids, mad at boy, upset at mom, ooooh I hate being in this situation.

I have found the other two kittens and they are ok from what I can tell. The mother cat(amenti)cryed all night looking for her baby i didnt sleep very well I was so sad for her thinking about how upset id be if I lost my first boy(blingbling was first). I moved them into my room not as safe as where I had them but the other spot didnt work well either and to leave them there after that is impossible.

well sadly this morning the other two babys died. our house is in morning as all our beloved babys that we waited so long for and loved so much have died. I will be calling the mother of the boy today to inform her of our houses heart ache.

my heart aches for you and family. sending you hugs and prayers. poor kitties.

Yes i would like to add that now blingblingbaby is joined in heaven by his sisters snowbell and taterbell. THey will be missed but never forgotten!

You have to be gentle when you tell your friend that the kittens all died, but you should also be firm that until or unless her son can be trusted, he can't be around your kids or pets any longer. He might improve as he gets older and he might not, but a major symptom of autism is inability to empathize. He may realize he's causing injury and not care, or he may not realize because he can't get outside his own head, but either way, it's not fair to your kids to have to be afraid of what he'll do. And you and his mom can't possibly watch him every single second.

I keep thinking that someday there will be a way to cure or at least help kids with autism and it will be like smallpox, completely eradicated.

Oh, what a shame. I'm so sorry for your loss and for your mama kitty. I also feel bad for the mother of the boy who did this. You can remove the situation from your home and family, she can't. How sad. Be very gentle with her, but let her know that you feel she needs to know things like this that happen, so she can watch him closely, for the sake of others and to prevent him hurting himself as well.

that is so terrible that is so sad i am so sorry for your loss

Ok so I chickend out on calling her today...its just too soon and painful for me to talk about. I feel terrible about the whole thing.

OMG, what a horrific thing to have happen. Your poor children. I hope they can put this behind them.
I am sure that the boys mother is mortified as well. Hugs to you and your family.

I'm so sorry for the heartache you and your family are experiencing. What a sad situation all around.
My heart breaks for the mother of the boy- she is already so isolated by her situation (you said she doesn't have other friends because of her son's behavior) and now probably fears losing one of her only friends. You can only imagine the guilt, anguish, hopelessness, and helplessness of being a parent of a chronically different/ difficult/ demanding child. I hope you will be able to find within yourself some way to look beyond the hurt and work with your friend to find a way to still allow her son to interact in a safe, supervised way with your family. She (and he) needs your support more than you can know.
Good luck to you all

Since your friend's son's behavior is violent and uncontrollable it is possible she could qualify for funding to get him a full time aide. Many times there are programs to help parents with children that are severely developmentally delayed and/or delayed with aggressive behavior.

Perhaps tell your friend that you are uncomfortable having her boy at the house because of the kittens but offer to help her try to find a program that will provide someone to help her find an autism aide so that you can both feel safer about him. Once he has a full time supervisor it will be safer to allow him to come over.

My heart breaks for your family at the loss of your kittens but also this boy's mom. One thing to remember about autism is that they really do not see the world in the same way we do. Lack of empathy is listed as a symptom of autism but it is not because they don't care... it's because they often see the world in a far different way than we do and they don't understand why we care about the things we do. I had several children like this in a daycamp that I ran and they were extremely challenging to deal with but when I saw the parents come in with them it was just heartbreaking. Some of these parents only got one break a year - daycamp time - because nobody would help them or let their children come over. Even if these children did SIMPLE art projects like finger painting their parents would be so proud.

That being said, you must also protect your pets and your children. I would make it clear to this boy's mom that you want to be friends with her but safety wise you cannot have her son over unless there is an adult available to supervise them the entire time.

So sorry again about your kittens If mom is still lactating you could try calling your local humane society to find out if there is an orphan set of babies to foster. Many shelters are in desperate need of foster moms for tiny kittens. While it is horrible that your cat lost her kittens in the way that she did at least it would, in a small way, bring something positive out of a terrible situation.

My thoughts are with you and your children! May you all hug mommy cat extra tight tonight.

I thank you all for the kind thoughts. I have put an add in the paper for the lactating mom hoping someone will easy her pain. she has not stopped looking for them and crying every night in the spot they were. I cant help feel she blames me for her missing kittens. I have her scheduled for two weeks to get fixed if no needy kittens come forth, as by then she will be able to be fixed.

Oh how very terrible for all involved. My heart goes out to you.