When I think of special needs parenting, I feel exhausted... mainly because I'm living it daily, as many of you are. Those daily "quirks" that make our kids extra crunchy, the idiosyncrasies that feel like nails on a chalkboard - those are the things that nervous break downs are made of. After all, there are times when I look at my children and all I see are wild animals. They act like they can't be tamed and they have the social skills to prove it!
So, this week, I decided to battle these quirks with some humor. In a day and age of memes and gifs, I thought it would be appropriate to create a post that let us giggle a bit at our children's oddities...
These are the Spirit Animals of our children.
The Isolator
The Depressed
The Binger
The Tantrumer
The Self-Stimmer
The Liar
The One With No Personal Space
The RAD - Inhibited
The RAD - Disinhibited
The Anxious
The Self-Harmer
The Unmotivated
The Oppositional Defiant
The Attention-Seeker
The Artificially Charming
The One With Pica
The Uncomfortable Starer
The Bully
The Fecal Smearer
The Inappropriate
The Hoarder
The One With ALL The Rage
The One With A Few Learning Delays
The ADHD
The Refuser of Showers
The Runaway
The Illegal Substance Experimenter
The Thief
The Promiscuous
The Screamer
The One With OCD
The Property Destroyer
The Socially Awkward
And Finally....
