anxiety

The New Normal

June 6, 2011

It became the new “normal” for me. The feeling of fear. Like a heavy weight on my chest that would squeeze so tight, I found it hard to breathe. From the moment I opened my eyes of a morning, I was frightened. Properly scared. There was no rationale behind it, it was just there. And [...]

Parenting and Personality

September 23, 2010

This is a guest post from Eleanor Formaggio from Parent with Potential in response to this question: How do you raise a child according to their personality? Wow, what a great question, and to put this in words was incredibly difficult. I do know raising my children according to personality has made parenting more enjoyable and rewarding. Parenting is [...]

The Anxious Child: Red Brain, Green Brain

June 24, 2010

One of the advantages of parenting special needs children is the opportunity I’ve had to learn parenting strategies I wouldn’t have otherwise. I’ve learnt so many wonderful parenting skills to use with all four of my children. The paraphrased conversation I had with my Developmental Specialist Pediatrician went something like this: DSP: Developmental Specialist Pediatrician FM:FunMum (ie. me) DSP: Intelligent parents [...]

What is Love?

February 15, 2010

I’m not into Valentine’s Day (a quality my husband really loves, hehe). However, it’s prompted me to ask this questions: what is love? In my opinion, the media has done love no favours. In fact, I would go as far to say the concept of love has been butchered. The media often promotes the love ‘highs’ [...]