"Little confidence boost for my little girl"

#PokemonGO: I play PoGo with my kids. The youngest ones tag along on community days and the likes, but my oldest daughter (8) often walks with me to catch some pokemon.Now, a little backstory. My daughter loves pokemon and mainly pokemon go. It has helped her make social connections which is very hard because of her autism. She had a few moments where she bit into a goal and refused to give up, like beating Giovanni. And more importantly, it has given her the biggest smile so often.At school her class got a moment to relax, which to her playing pokemon go and memorizing long number lines and decks of cards (I am a memory athlete, she wanted to try some time ago, so I taught her how to do it and it stuck around) both of which she does on her phone. Because of her autism she has approval to carry her phone and use it in the relax hours. She relaxes because it lets her be in her own world for a while, and when she has to put it away, she will, because those are the rules.Her current teacher doesnt like that. She got a new teacher about a month ago and my daughter has been more stressed since. She even asked if she could leave her phone home because the teacher takes it away. If people touch her stuff without reason she gets a panic attack, so it is not fun. A few days ago she told my daughter that memorizing the things is not healthy for her, and pokemon is only for babies. She even said that her parents would probably never approve of such hobbies, because I am an operations supervisor (not sure if that is the correct term in english but I'll roll with it) and part-time teacher with medical emergency team stuff on the side (basically work 24-7) and hubby is a special forces member. Both jobs that dont seem to match with nerdy hobbies. This broke her and I am still fuming in anger at that comment.Last weekend, my daughter went catching pokemons. My hubby went to walk the dogs together with one of his buddies from the special forces, she wanted to come along as it was an opportunity to catch pokemons.During their walk, my daughter nudged my hubby and gestured (she cant talk very well, especially when stressed) that the teacher who insulted her was also walking her dog at the park. She had already told the story so hubby knew all about it, and he knew her from the teacher-parent meeting a few weeks ago. So he grabbed his phone, started pokemon (he has it installed for her, still level 15 because he rarely plays) and handed the second phone my daughter was using to his buddy. His buddy also plays with his kids but he had left his phone at home, but hubby was set on completing the picture.He straight up went her way. The oldest of the dogs stuck close to my daughter because he felt her nervousness. Hubby politely greeted the teacher, asked if she walked the dogs here often and then said that they went here often to catch pokemons while I trained for memory championships. He even included a little hand around our daughter while saying that he hopes that our little girl grows up to love the little hobbies and great ambitions as well. All with the politest smile.Our daughter came home smiling again. Today she said that she was allowed to play pokemon again in the relax hour. via /r/pokemongo https://ift.tt/35xxMTO