special needs parenting Archives - Parents With Confidence https://parentswithconfidence.com/tag/special-needs-parenting/ Raising emotionally healthy children who will live their BEST life.. Mon, 11 Apr 2022 18:06:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 3 Powerful Ways to Find Peace as a Special Needs Parent https://parentswithconfidence.com/the-3-keys-to-finding-peace-as-a-special-needs-parent/ https://parentswithconfidence.com/the-3-keys-to-finding-peace-as-a-special-needs-parent/#respond Fri, 02 Dec 2016 02:37:31 +0000 https://parentswithconfidence.com/?p=205 Inside: Being a special needs parent is stressful without a doubt, focusing on acceptance, self-compassion and gratitude can help parents seek out (and find) peace and joy amidst the daily struggles.  Out of nowhere, standing in the messy kitchen and holding a fresh poop diaper, I sat watching my kids run rampant with excitement playing...

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]]> https://parentswithconfidence.com/the-3-keys-to-finding-peace-as-a-special-needs-parent/feed/ 0 When You Start to Doubt Yourself as a Special Needs Parent https://parentswithconfidence.com/when-you-start-to-doubt-yourself-as-a-special-needs-parent/ https://parentswithconfidence.com/when-you-start-to-doubt-yourself-as-a-special-needs-parent/#respond Fri, 02 Dec 2016 02:14:26 +0000 https://parentswithconfidence.com/?p=203 Parenting a special needs child is a journey we would never have imagined ourselves on, full of heartbreaking lows and miraculous highs that shape us into stronger people.  If I had been granted the power of seeing the future 20 years ago, I’m not sure I would have believed the life I have today was actually...

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]]> https://parentswithconfidence.com/when-you-start-to-doubt-yourself-as-a-special-needs-parent/feed/ 0 5 Research-Backed Ways to Save Energy as a Parent of a High Needs Child https://parentswithconfidence.com/life-saving-ways-to-save-energy-as-a-special-needs-parent/ https://parentswithconfidence.com/life-saving-ways-to-save-energy-as-a-special-needs-parent/#respond Tue, 02 Aug 2016 17:00:28 +0000 https://parentswithconfidence.com/?p=134 The phone calls. The meetings. The doctor’s appointments. There are additional variables at play with our special needs kids that have the capacity to de- rail us from being the parents we’ve always wanted to be. If there’s a common variable that all special needs parents would agree to experiencing, it would be that they are exhausted....

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