Posts Tagged ‘compassion’
When You Don’t Agree with a Caregiver’s Discipline
Let me start by saying how much I love when people reach out to me with their stories about raising or relating to our friends on the autism spectrum. It makes me think about where I can help more or provide context to help every one of us. Because I’ve been there. I’ve done that. I’ve…
Read MoreParenting: What I Forget (And Then Try to Remember)
I totally cry about this whole parenting journey (and laugh, bang my head, stay steady, etc.) More about that here. But I also forget the hard things. And I even forget that I am forgetting until I’m reminded of what it was that I forgot . . . which is pretty much not fun. For example, I forget that my…
Read More5 Rules to Live By to Meet Your Different-Brained Child’s Needs
As I shared last week, it’s summer and my children are around all. of. the. time. It’s been a great summer, no doubt, but understand that is by design. I plan for our days, I have a calendar they can refer to, there is downtime baked into our vacation, and I’m at the ready when…
Read MoreBaby, What’s Your Normal?
He says to me, “Baby, this is our normal. It’s OK.” So my kids are traveling with their father to a wedding later in the day, and they require a haircut before they leave. I would have had the haircut taken care of last week, but guess what? Their normal hair stylist isn’t available and…
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