Proud Autism Mom Quotes

Communicating with our children can be a difficult task at times. We feel like they’re not listening to us; they feel like we’re not listening to them. Good listening and communications skills are essential to successful parenting. Your child’s feelings, views and opinions have worth, and you should make sure you take the time to sit down and listen openly and discuss them honestly. Are you reacting or responding? It seems to be a natural tendency to react rather than to respond. We pass judgment based on our own feelings and experiences. However, responding means being receptive to our child’s feelings and emotions and allowing them to express themselves openly and honestly without fear of repercussion from us. By reacting, we send our child the…

We, as parents, aren’t perfect.  Let’s face it here: most of us, as human beings, aren’t perfect. It’s just a fact of life. We may have some perfectionist tendencies, but perfect? Nope.  It’s just not going to happen that way. And you know what? That’s okay. We don’t always need to be perfect, anyway. But, that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t strive to do better. That doesn’t mean that we can’t do better. Especially after those moments where haven’t done our best. Or maybe we’ve let our tempers get the best of us. Those times, and we all have them, that maybe we need to take a step back. That we need to be completely honest with ourselves. Those times that maybe, just maybe, we need…