How we approach our kids will affect them for the rest of their lives!
For anyone who doesn’t live with a child that has special needs, they may never fully understand what the stress is like. It’s taken me years to admit to myself, let alone anyone else, how very hard and very real the stress is. First of all, no parent gets a guide with their new baby. […]
We all know that parenting can be the biggest challenge in our lives, or it can be the biggest reward. Sometimes, we are all brilliant and parenting “the right way” just flies out of us like we knew it all along! However, that’s not usually the case. We can learn how to be better more […]
Every year during the holidays, the ARC of Sedgwick County produces the Lights on St. Paul. This year, they are open November 28 – December 29. We’ve gone nearly every year for the last 5 years. We started going before I even became aware of what the ARC does for special needs kids and their families. […]
The topic at Parent Support group was about how to get our self together before trying to deal with a child in the moment and over time. We watched part of a training that was taped live, called Conscious Discipline. The part we watched was about how the part of brain influence how we react […]
With Christmas approaching quickly, we are sharing again some of the great books written by our radio show guests from this year. Lets start with Camilla Downs, a single mom and best selling author of D iz for Different. During our interview with Camilla, she shares her children’s medical diagnosis, and the process of writing […]
Every morning, I get my daughter out of bed. Some days she gets up on her own. Some days I have to coax. Some days I have to drag her out. The only thing that does not change is that her bed is wet. Well, maybe 1 out of 10 times, it’s not wet. Yes, […]
My perspective was challenged today, and it hurt a little. The sting did not last too long though because I can see how the words make a difference. Words are important to how I hear things, so I bet they matter to my kids too. A while back, my daughter’s mental health councilor left our […]
A couple weeks ago I joined the campaign through Swerve.com for Card.com in order to try out their pre-paid credit card service because they had Autism cards!
My oldest was diagnosed when she was in the 5th grade, but there were struggles before her diagnosis. We believe that ADHD comes from our heredity. I swear her dad has it, and her baby sister has Autism, so there’s definitely something in our blood. But, what really causes ADHD? The numbers report that ADHD […]
The majority of people do not understand what it’s like to live with being the parent of a child with special needs. It doesn’t even matter what your child’s issues are, the feelings that parents have all boil down to being the same set of emotions. While I can’t possibly explain to every non-special needs parent, I can give you my top 10 list of things to know about us. So, here goes: