Will Your Family Choose Overwhelm This Holiday Season?
November 21st, 2021 | by Kate Lynch
Lessons From Lockdown For some families of kids with disabilities, last year’s holiday season was actually the best. There wasn’t
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Why I’m Not Punishing My Tween: Mindful parenting helps me remember my role as a guide
November 5th, 2021 | by Kate Lynch
Power struggles don’t have winners.
I Am Afraid / I Am Not Afraid
August 17th, 2021 | by Christina Yovovich
"You said you couldn't do that to me again," he told me this summer. Meaning that I couldn't make him spend yet another year alone in the den, seeing his teacher and peers only over a computer screen
A Ritual in Socks
November 5th, 2019 | by Francesca Dalleo
Parenting a child with health challenges is lonely. I am continually surprised at how others don't get it. They can't.
Single Mom Stuff: A Comic
February 21st, 2019 | by Phoebe Cohen
Each day without a meltdown is a victory!
On Extreme Kids: Finding A Space to Be
February 7th, 2019 | by Kate Lynch
We hear the glee and upset in dozens of voices, the trampoline squeaking and the ball pit rustling. We see
Not For Me to Say
December 6th, 2017 | by Patricia Lawler Kenet
As a writer and a mother, I struggle with the desire to write stories about my children and the equally
THROUGH THE KALEIDOSCOPE: Elizabeth Beauvais on Why Her Special Needs Child Needs Her to See Beyond What’s So Special
December 15th, 2016 | by Elizabeth Beauvais
Life would no doubt be a lot easier if our children more resembled paintings than kaleidoscopes. Fixed and clear, a
WHEN YOU FIND ANGER ON THE YOGA MAT: Rachel Penn Hannah on Parenting a Special Needs Teen and Never Finding the Elusive Calm
July 27th, 2016 | by Rachel Penn Hannah
Going to yoga on the first Sunday morning of January, I had tensed at the thought of all the New
EIGHT THINGS I WANT TO TELL THE FRIENDS I NEVER SEE: Rachel Penn Hannah on Parenting a Child with Special Needs
January 13th, 2016 | by Rachel Penn Hannah
Yesterday I found out that I had disappointed a friend. Once again. Isolation and frustration have been closing in like
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