(Inside: How do you discipline an autistic child? Punishment? Time-ins? I’m going to share 5 important steps to discipline an autistic child!) “He just needs more discipline” “My kids would NEVER act like that…” “Parents these days can’t even control their kid…” Sound familiar? I’ve heard all of this and more dozens of times about my […]
(Inside: As a millennial mom that grew up as a definite brat, I’m sharing 3 ridiculously simple ways for millennials to avoid raising a brat.) I’m a brat. A picky eater. A whiner. Overly sensitive. I couldn’t keep my room clean, and I screamed and cried every time my mom came near me with a hairbrush. […]
(Inside: Teach your autistic child social skills with these 5 Strategies to Teach Social Skills to Autistic Children! These tips make social skills practice fun!) We are gearing up for our homeschool year, and picking out new curriculum and activities to try. It’s basically my favorite time of year. But planning to homeschool an autistic child […]
We’ve all been there. We’re in the way-too-long check out line at Target and there’s a little kid there just screaming. Flailing. Kicking. He wants that candy bar, his mom said no, and he is going to make her pay. Strangers are staring at her, she’s flustered, and she keeps saying “do I need to […]
Cap’n M hates the water… With a passion… I mean, I’m surprised no one has called the police on us when it’s bathtime for this kiddo. See, Cap’n M has sensory processing disorder, and for whatever reason, he hates the sensation of water. Now that we live somewhere with a real summer, we have to […]
Beyond communication struggles, we had a lot of eating struggles with A-Man. To this day, his diet is primarily grains and fruit. The only meat he eats regularly is processed chicken nuggets, and we have yet to find a vegetable he’ll touch. I had no idea that eating struggles for autistic children were so common! […]
