Being a parent of a child with….well, in Britain we say Special Needs. How is that different from being a parent full stop? Why would a different brain or body make a difference to how we view ourselves as parents? After all, every child needs looking after, feeding ,clothing and loving…
But, and here I sigh…… [...]
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I love playing Solitaire…well, we all need some downtime. I was mentally beating myself up the other day for “wasting time”, when I thought, “No. There is a reason, a good reason, I am doing this.” After all, we never do anything without a “pay-off” or “upside”. I was really familiar with the “cost” or [...]
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Do you ever find yourself making allowances for your “special” child? Giving that extra helping hand? doing things for them they may be able to do perfectly well on their own? The urge to protect is the strongest primal emotion for all parents- it’s part of our DNA. And when we have a child with [...]
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