Tag: family

Fear And Loathing At My Kid’s Pediatrician

“Hop up on the scale for me buddy.” That’s when the gates of hell open.

Stimming doesn’t give a child Autism. In fact, “stimming” isn’t even exclusive to Autism.

A voice in my head whispered, “Why did you do that? What do you know about babies?”

No one has to validate your happiness. You just have to feel it.

As his Dad, it makes keeping him out of harm’s way, the hardest job I have, even harder.

They know to never listen if I ask them to smell their food or accept a Hurtz Donut.

We just literally moved yesterday. Half the things in this room are still covered in cellophane.

Although rarely talked about, it’s one of the strangest parts of parenting.

It’s a mixture of bad advice growing up and a few too many times where I felt that I was putting other people out with my presence.

Believing your kids can do anything is easy. Believing in your own ability to show them how to do those things is hard.