Wall Art of the Gypsy Child
Welcome to another addition of Finish the Sentence Friday, where a bunch of bloggers get together and finish the same sentence in many different ways. This week’s topic is, “I know my child would rather […]
Autism
Crazy people are people too
You know how I say I’m crazy with pride? Well it depends on what crazy I’m referring to. The crazy that’s me, that’s always been me, the me dancing in weird places to make the […]
Strategies Parenting Kids Who Don’t Sleep
Sleep is a luxury. One most people take for granted. When you are well rested, you cannot possibly understand the nature of the sleep deprived. Even if you experienced it before. And the more sleep […]
Vaccines and Autism: Why I vaccinate
I suppose I should tackle this subject at some point because autism seems to bring the most readers to my blog. I guess I should start off by saying all of my kids are vaccinated. […]
The Memoirs of my Day Vacation: The Chaos
The kids were restless and the nights were drunken stupors at home, in the kitchen, with the fish, Fishy. No he was not hurt during any of it. But it was a good clear indicator […]
The Village Idiots
It takes a village to raise a child, so they say. I still have yet to see this “Village.” If any of you know where the fuck it is, let me know. I bet it’s […]
Playing the Autism Card
I’ve seen many versions of the Autism Card on the internets. Some parents actually hand these out to people. For those who don’t realize, a common theme in the lives of parents of children on […]
Autism and Grief
So I’m wordy. I was going to answer in the comments, but it’s too long for a comment I think. So I’m putting it here and linking to it. Ha. Question: Anonymous wrote:My son, who […]
My Child is NOT a Horse in a Race
“Doctors told his parents he’d maybe end up institutionalized.” “Teachers said he wouldn’t amount to much.” “Doctors predicted she wouldn’t develop intellectually beyond the abilities of a small child.” “Earmarked to be institutionalized.” My question […]
Everybody wants me to spank or starve my picky eater… Bastards.
Someone asked me a question on my Facebook page that I thought would make a good “question and answer advice-column-like” post for everyone to read because I’m sure advice columnists get this question a lot, […]