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My Son, The Used Car Salesman
A little weekend funny about the joys of parenting.Getting my five year old to clean up his room can often be compared to trying to get a cat out of an animal carrier in the vet’s office. Wanting to...
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Could This Be a RAD Breakthrough
Today we had one of those moments that you dream about with an older adopted RAD child. If you have an older adopted child, then you already know how many times you repeat directions. If you have a RAD...
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How to Tell When Your Adopted Child is Lying
Liar, liar, pants on fire! We are all guilty of little white lies from time to time, however lying can be a serious behavior problem for many older adopted children, and traumatized children. Children...
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Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Diaries: Fabricating Stories
Has your child with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome ever fabricated a story for no apparent reason. Periodically, our teenage daughter will just start weaving a tale out of what appears to be the clear blue...
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Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Diaries: Inconsistent Learning Disorders
The most frustrating thing about parenting a child with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome has got to be the inconsistencies in day-to-day abilities and knowledge. Yesterday, your child knew all of the...
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Another Blogger Returns
Like Lisa, I too have been off doing a bit of traveling recently. We have been down in Texas celebrating my grandmother’s 80th birthday at a Shakespeare festival. Anyone who is a fan of him, his...
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Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Diaries: Never Saying I Am Sorry
The child with FAS, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, deals with numerous processing inconsistencies throughout each day. Parenting the FAS child is difficult and it is easy to become frustrated or even angry...
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Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Diaries Lying or Perception Differences
“Lying is such a harsh term; I really prefer to say perception differences.” New terminology shared with me just this week during an initial appointment with a psychiatrist that our intensive in-home...
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Trauma Thursday: Adopted Traumatized Child and Lying
If you are parenting a foster or adopted child who has been traumatized, you will likely have to deal with lying. Believe it or not, this is true even with the traumatized child who appears to be a...
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Failure to Recognize the Pain and Suffering Your Actions Caused
The phone rang last night, it was almost 10 PM. Our daughter knows that we are usually in bed, or at least trying to get her toddler sisters to sleep. Unfortunately, our daughter rarely thinks about...
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