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PARENTING, when your child has a severe diagnosis
including delays, behaviors, sensory discomfort, medical challenges
Extreme Parenting
Challenges:
Extreme Parenting Challenges:
delays,
behaviors,
sensory distress, medical challenges
delays, behaviors, sensory discomfort, medical challenges
PARENTING, when your child has a severe diagnosis
including delays, behaviors, sensory discomfort, medical challenges
Extreme Parenting
Challenges:
Extreme Parenting Challenges:
delays,
behaviors,
sensory differences, neurodevelopmental and medical challenges
delays, behaviors, sensory differences, neurodevelopmental and medical challenges
What questions do you need answered?
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will my sadness end?
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how do I help my child develop?
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how do I protect us during outbursts?
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When will I not be scared, angry, or numb?
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will I feel like myself again?
How do I ...
- help my child develop?
- protect us during outbursts?
When will ...
- my sadness end?
- I feel like myself again?
I STRUGGLED.
I LEARNED.
I WROTE A BOOK.
I struggled. I learned. I wrote a book.
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I struggled, I learned, I wrote a book.
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How do I ...
- help my child develop?
- protect us during outbursts?
When will ...
- my sadness end?
- I feel like myself again?
LIKE MOST PARENTS, I THOUGHT I HAD TO FIX MY CHILD.
READ MY BOOK:
MORE of EVERYTHING
available at AMAZON
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MORE of EVERYTHING:
How I became a better parent to my child with extreme special needs by lifting my emotional burdens.
by Janie Reade
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When you read about my parenting journey,
raising a son with a severe neurodevelopmental disorder,
you might find comfort, recognition, or ease.
LIKE MOST PARENTS,
I THOUGHT
I HAD TO FIX
MY CHILD
The more I failed at helping him develop,
the harder it was to feel like a good parent.
Challenge by challenge, year by year,
I figured out how to be a better parent.
TO FEEL LIKE A BETTER PARENT ...
I HAVE TO PRIORITIZE
MY CONNECTION WITH MY CHILD
connect@janiereade.com
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LIKE MOST PARENTS, I THOUGHT I HAD TO FIX MY CHILD.
The more I felt like a failure at helping him develop, the harder it was to feel like a good parent.
Step by step, year by year, I figured out how to be a better parent.