I’m thinking of the times when our kids complain that something is not fair: who gets to sit in the front seat, whose turn to pick dessert, who has to share a room when Grandma comes for a visit, who has to deal with a medical condition that does not go away … What do…
Parenting a child with any kind of special needs is an extreme stress upon all family members, especially on moms. You love your kids and you want to do the right thing for each one of them. You do not want to cater to what seems to be a quirky attitude problem. You do not…
When your child was little, you taught him/her basic social skills, appropriate behaviors that allow civilized people to interact with each other. “No hitting. No biting. Use your words.” Now that you have a highly reactive person living inside your precious child, you are called upon to once again do that parenting thing, setting boundaries…