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My Daughter’s First “I Hate You”
There are certain moments in life that, while theyre happening, you just know will be moments youll remember forever. There are the obvious ones – saying I do, holding your child for the first time, finding out that someone close to you has passed away.
A New Dad: Mother’s Day Has Taken On New Meaning
My mother died sixteen years ago this week, and in one regard – and in only one regard – I consider myself fortunate in the timing: The anniversary of her death and Mothers Day arrive the same time every year, the two days book-ending one miserable week of feeling underwater and angry and frustrated, a week steeped in loss. When the whole world is making brunch reservations and ordering flower baskets and picking out just the right card, I turn into a petulant boy. Every year
After School Activities for Children with Autism
What are some options for after school activities for my child with autism? Is it a good thing to put him into typical after school activities?
I’m Scary and I Know It
I had an interesting conversation the other day; at my kids school, theres a fair every spring, and each family is expected to work at the booth for their kids class for an hour. The room parent assigns two families to every hour, then emails a schedule out to the parents in case anyone needs to switch. In
Holiday Shopping: Are You Buying Toxic Toys?
You know the card you get in your childs toy package that you are supposed to fill out and mail back to the company so you can be notified of a safety recall? I have shamefully never filled one out in my 18 years of parenting. Not one.