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    Family Consistency

    Having a Schedule is Important for Kids, Princes and Princesses Having a schedule is important for kids. Like Poor Mother Hubbard, I have a lot of children. In fact, I have five children, and three still live at home. I have to be consistent, to keep our schedules going for everyone to participate in the family dynamic. This makes for less contention. My two youngest need consistency for their special needs, so they don’t get upset and fall apart when the unexpected happens. My kiddos have chores. It sounds sexist, but the girls mostly do inside chores, and the boys mostly do outside chores and tending to the animals. My…

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    Parenting a Child from Planet Asperger’s

    Once Upon a Time, there was a King and Queen who had a beautiful baby daughter. They threw a grand celebration and invited all of the magical fairies in the realm to bestow upon the child a gift. The fairies gave her gifts such as the gift of kindness, grace and beauty. Oh wouldn’t it be magical if we could really do this? If we could bestow our children with gifts of the spirit, talents, abilities and other positive genetic features and traits? We cannot choose our genetics, at least not yet. So what do we do when we have this beautiful baby Prince or Princess who ends up being…