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I think you're looking at this wrong. I don't think you have to choose between finding someone else to babysit the boy and "leading him on." You can just continue to babysit him without your relationship with him being sexual or romantic. Given that he is autistic and nonverbal, I don't think his behavior even necessarily means that he is "into you" in the conventional sense. It definitely seems like the boy trusts you, is fond of you, and enjoys your company, but I think you might be wrong to look at it through a sexual lens. And more specifically, I think that it's limiting your perspective for you to think "I can't babysit this boy anymore or else I'm 'leading him on'". My advice for you would be, just keep going as usual. It sounds like you like spending time with this boy, and he definitely likes you (for a nonverbal autistic boy, crawling onto your lap and falling asleep there is a huge step - it shows he really trusts you). Why not just keep babysitting him? As long as you don't do anything sexual with him, there's nothing to worry about. Just enjoy it while it lasts; having a close bond with a boy like you have with him is a very special thing that doesn't happen often, so I think you should make the most of it. Make sure you respect his boundaries of course, but as long as you do that, I don't see anything wrong with you continuing to babysit him. Anyways, I hope everything goes well with this boy, and welcome to BoyChat! Good luck, and feel free to post here again if you ever need advice or support. |