Photo by Kelly Sikkema on Unsplash Navigating the world of school as a new parent is a daunting task. We all remember being on the other side, the child headed off on a new adventure. Now we get to see it from the viewpoint of parenting. School shopping, back-to-school nights, and first-day jitters are the same for every […]
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Photo by kyle smith on Unsplash I have my BA in psychology and I was very serious in my undergraduate studies. My passion was for research. One of several labs I worked in was studying the mere exposure effect. The mere exposure effect is the idea that just by seeing, hearing, or tasting something again and again you
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Photo by Amy Treasure on Unsplash My daughter cannot play the game telephone.She cannot hear anything underwater.I cannot whisper secrets to her as she goes to bed at night.Lunchtime at school is extremely difficult for Roses. Some obstacles we have not been able to figure out how to overcome, and this means I have to take a moment.
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Photo by Sharon McCutcheon on Unsplash People were in and out of our room constantly. Roses was a bit of a celebrity in the hospital. Even the person who brought me my meal told me he had heard about her hair. She had a good two inches of thick blonde hair when she was born, and of course,
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Photo by Dieter K on Unsplash Happiness is holding your healthy baby after listening to her heart rate drop every contraction for hours. I never thought that I would have children. I was diagnosed with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, PCOS, when I was 18. Over the course of the next six years, I grew accustomed to hearing stories of
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Photo by Levi Guzman on Unsplash There are many difficult challenges I faced as a parent of children with differences. One was learning what exactly it meant for the future of their education. For our family, this required learning how to navigate the world of IEPs or Individualized Educational Plans/Programs. Because Roses and Dino require hearing aids for
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