On the surface, it makes sense. The kids are out of school, and they’re home all day with you. Why not take advantage of the time? Even if you decide homeschooling isn’t for you, the kids will have spend their time in “educational activities” and not “wasted it”. So they should be ahead if (and when) they do go back. Right?
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Changes and moving. Shortly after the meeting with the developmental pediatrician, my then-husband and I were attempting to try again. And we found out we were expecting again. We moved into a new house, one with a large yard, because 4 children do not fit well into a 2-bedroom apartment. In moving, we had crossed
What kinds of kids summer activities can you come up with — that don’t mean a ton of effort or money on your part? Here are 5 simple but super fun things.
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Editor’s note: I wrote this approximately 6 years ago. In preparing to re-post I was reading over, and parts of it stuck out to me. … “Repetition is the mark of my daughter’s play.” This is still a huge part of our day-to-day lives. And “I felt as though my concerns were dismissed.” That feeling
I was looking for help. We were on waiting lists. There’s always a waiting list when it comes to special needs. That seems to be the first rule. Learn how to wait. In the meantime, I was already starting to educate myself on the terms and definitions I had been given. I frequently searched terms like
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I was once where you are, with just one child. For four years, I had a delightful, aggravating, adorable and annoying little girl, all to myself. It was just her and me, and I didn’t know if I was going to have any more. Being a mom of one, no matter what your reason, comes
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I knew my daughter had a speech delay. I didn’t know what that could mean. So I was completely unprepared, and naive. Honestly, I had the idea that we would be given straightforward answers, with an immediate plan of treatment. And everything would be “fixed” within a few weeks or months. I thought this was
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Life has a way of taking interesting twists and turns. I didn’t know how important getting a copy of report and assessments would be. Right around the time that I was growing more concerned about my daughter’s development, my marriage was disintegrating. So by the time we saw the speech-language pathologist (SLP), I was already
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“I’m happy, as long as they’re healthy!” I remember saying this while pregnant with my daughter. I was asked if I was hoping for a boy, since I already had a 4 year old girl. It’s a commonly said phrase. But what if your baby isn’t “healthy”. What if they aren’t a typically developing, normal child?
A Challenging Child? Our first step on our special needs journey.. Read More »
Single parents are single for many reasons. Some are single by choice, adopting or having children through donors. Some are single parents by “accident”, making the choice to have their child after an unplanned pregnancy. But many are single because we had our children while in a relationship, but then our relationships ended. When you
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