Tag: parenting
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Delivering more than Chicken Fingers
My first-born is training to be a FedEx driver right now. When I was pregnant with him, my husband and I decided to wait until his birth for the gender reveal. I had been leaning toward being surprised, but it was my sister’s advice that settled it for me. My sister, who had a daughter…
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If You Give a Boy an Allowance…
When my son and daughter were toddlers I did some research on whether or not I should give them an allowance when they got older. Some sources said that you shouldn’t give kids money unless they do work way above and beyond the normal running of the household. They need to learn to be a…
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Work for words
It seems to be working – lately we have been giving our son jobs to do if he can’t control his mouth. Last week there was one evening where that snowballed a bit, and he ended up with quite a few jobs. After getting a few jobs for saying mean things like, “you’re stupid,” when…
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autistic child + losing my mind
My heart goes out to whomever (or whoever, I can never remember which is the correct one to use when) it was that found my blog using those search terms. I was to that point, myself, this past Monday and Tuesday. After a typical weekend of my son’s constant fussing over every little thing, picking a…
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What will happen to him after I die?
Isaiah 49:15 Though your mother may forget you, I will not. Once I had allowed God to comfort me over the losses I felt, there were still fears about the future that lingered. I should add that, I still need to seek God’s comfort on a regular basis, but the deep devastation that I first…