Parenting A Special Needs Child

Read on if you want a little perspective on life.

Parenting a special needs child is not necessarily the pretty picture we had imagined as we dreamed about future family life. Wasn’t it supposed to be about peaceful family moments playing calmly and creatively together while we relax in each others company. Where do meltdowns and high frustration levels fit into this picture? What about the many times we feel like enjoying time AWAY from our family, because the burden of a child with ADHD, FAS or sensory intergration issues can be just too demanding to deal with positively every single day!

Every parent will say that “Parenting is the hardest job in the world”, but I think that all of us parents of special needs children know how hard it can really be.We need endless patience, endless energy, endless resolve to keep on going when it seems hopeless, endless good cheer to keep on winding ourselves up to repeat what needs to be repeated again and again and again. Sometimes it can all seem like an enormous burden and what is the point of all the effort when our child is developing so slowly?

That’s where this clip is relevant!

I regularly lead support groups for couples going through the agonizing infertility roller-coaster process. My husband and I went through that for 7 years and know first-hand how awful that can be.

But here’s THE POINT!! Those couples, those wonderfully deserving and brave couples would do anything to be in our situation of being able to parent and nurture a child, no matter how exhausting it is.At the worst of times, we still get to be a parent and get to experience those joyful, “Special” moments too.

Have a listen to this clip and let me know by commenting below how it resonates with you.Are there surprising areas in family life that you can appreciate?

If you like the video below you can see a video of my Number One Calming Technique right here.

If you are a parent of a special needs child, have you had this experience?

Sometimes parenting a child with special needs can seem like a long depressing journey down a dead end road. Some days are better and others worse, but then there are also unbelievably magical days when the word “Special” can take on a whole new meaning.

I have had my breath taken away by so many beautiful moments, laughed myself silly with my daughter’s humor and felt many times that this is a privilege to be undertaking such a noble journey.

Did this clip leave you with a positive or negative feeling? Leave a comment below to put us all in a great mood.

If you like the video below you can see a video of my Number One Calming Technique right here.