Parenting: Better You Than Me?
Posted: October 8, 2013 Filed under: advocacy, Down syndrome, kids, parenting | Tags: big families, career, Down syndrome, Parenting, pity, Special Needs, Stay at Home Mothers 18 CommentsThere is some sort of line I seem to have crossed after having three kids into some type of strange martyrdom. Or self-immolation? Sainthood? Maybe it is just this place we live in, but it seems like a BIG deal to have more kids than parents in a household. Add to the fact that one of my kids (gasp) has Down syndrome, and jeepers creepers. And I stay at home? No job, no break from the kids? Sainthood, halo, superhero cape, all of it. It. Is. On. Read the rest of this entry »
Down Syndrome Diagnosis: The Choice In The Unknown
Posted: October 1, 2013 Filed under: advocacy, Down syndrome, parenting | Tags: abortion, Down syndrome, homebirth, medicine, Prenatal Testing 33 CommentsI hate hospitals. I dislike the sterile feel, the winding hallways, the beeps, the snap and rustle of plastic. Even more than that, I feel out of control. I personally experience hospitals this way, I can’t help it. I can’t ever seem to shake the feeling that I’m being shuttled down a preordained path. Read the rest of this entry »
Homeschooling My Dog… Or Something Like That.
Posted: September 23, 2013 Filed under: homeschooling, kids, parenting | Tags: behavior management, Homeschooling, pets, Pit bull, public school 15 CommentsWell, while I’ve been angry over this whole stigmatizing t-shirt business, two developments have been afoot in the Kimchi Latkes household. Read the rest of this entry »
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