Author: James Guttman

Father of two children - one non-verbal with autism, one verbal without.

My Kids Are Over Elf On A Shelf, Yet He Keeps Coming

Dad’s the last one left Elfie keeps going for.

He’s a ten-year-old boy first and a ten-year-old boy with autism second.

Watching it today “hit different”, as the kids say.

Broken machines don’t give prizes. Broken people don’t give love.

As Nine Inch Nails so eloquently asked, “What have I become?” A parent.

He didn’t need “fixing.” He needed love.

Depending on who said it, it meant different things and hit in different ways.

For those who have my child’s best interests at heart, I can’t be defensive or apprehensive. I can only be proactive.

He might not always have someone there to check on his batteries. That’s the whole problem that many special needs parents face.

Families with special needs children don’t pass a test. We’re simply people.