Special needs parenting

Parenting can be difficult. Parenting a child with special needs can be challenging. Here are 5 coping skills for parents of special needs kids.

A mother's real life look at PTSD. Special Needs Parents and PTSD: This Is What Happens

There is a unique kind of grief that comes along with being the parent of a child with special needs. For me, the grief comes in waves, sometimes threatening to overtake me while at other times ebbing and allowing me the chance to breathe.

Unless you are raising a special needs child, you don’t understand. The daily struggle is real. Try and imagine the work of exhibiting patience, discipline and love while a child presses into you with challenging behavior day after day. Note: This is an anonymous guest post. A reader wrote to me with her experience. It...Read More

While being a special needs parent is certainly challenging, there are plenty of reasons it isn't terrible or something to fear.

"Even if we look different, we are a happy family, exactly like you."

Things that most families take for granted, like their kids making friends, being able to express themselves or for that matter even talking, are things that many special needs parents struggle without.

One of the hardest aspects of being a special needs family is accepting the reality that this isn’t something you’re going to “get through”. I’ll be honest, it really bothers […]

The four things Christian special needs parents don't want to hear and what to say to them instead to provide encouragement and support in their parenting journey.

Seriously, there's not a group on the planet I find more inspiring than the parents of special needs children. I count it a blessing that I am one of them! Read more about my experience connecting with other Mamas after I became a special needs parent.