If you’ve been around these parts you know we’ve been struggling quite a bit with discipline, particularly as it relates to Ryan and one of his self-described “hobbies” — cursing. Now, I’m no prude when it comes to, ahem, colorful language. I do realize there are far more important behavioral issues. But Ryan’s insistence on […]
Read more "Cursing and Gravity"Sorry for the late post today. Between all the travel and random days off, I didn’t even realize it was Wednesday until late in the day. And since I have published a new post every Monday, Wednesday and Friday since launching this blog, that means it’s post day. We are in that week-plus between the […]
Read more "Ryan on YouTube"School is out. It’s officially summer time. We are in that difficult, super-unstructured period between the end of the school year and the start of camp. It can be trying. Ryan wants to spend most of his days away from us, alone in his room typing hockey standings. If we let him do it for […]
Read more "Something New"Today, my little boy — who is not so little any more — graduates from elementary school. Nine years in the making. I still remember dropping him off at his first day of the wonderfully titled “preschool disabled” program at another elementary school in town. It was the day after his third birthday. We were […]
Read more "Future Goals"I hope everyone had a nice Father’s Day. Even though we are in the middle of a new, it-gets-worse-before-it-gets-better disciplinary approach with Ryan, who is somewhat of a behavioral rut of late, I managed to enjoy my weekend immensely. I used the Father’s Day card to log plenty of time in front of the television […]
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Pucks and Puzzle Pieces 