Parenting step children isn?t easy. Step parents have been getting a bad rap since Cinderella?s story first hit the press. But Donna Thompson?s post at her blog The Caregiver?s Living Room shines a different light on the subject of parenting step children with special needs.
Parenting Step Children Interview
In her post Caring for Step Children, Donna shares a step parent interview first published at BLOOM, an online magazine for special needs families. (BLOOM is published in Canada, and it?s worth a look. It?s loaded with resources and a variety of perspectives about parenting kids with special needs.) In the interview?Louise Kinross, the creator of BLOOM, talks with Canadian Olympic rower, Silken Laumann.
Silken Laumann Parenting Experience
In the interview, Silken talks about her own blended family. The family includes her husband?s daughter Kilee, who experiences autism and sometimes displays challenging behaviors. She is very transparent about the challenges of being Kilee?s step parent. In the interview, she identifies the challenges of the first few months of the transition, how her discipline strategies had to change, how they avoided making family life all about Kilee, how she?s come to see beyond her step daughter?s special needs, and how she?s learned to slow down and see more positives in every day life.
The entire interview is worth a read at Caring for Step Children. While you?re at Donna?s site, take a look around. She addressed many aspects of caregiving in her different posts. Thought-provoking stuff.
What Parenting Challenges Have You Experienced?
What about you readers who are step parents to children with special needs? What are your greatest challenges? How do you deal with them? What supports would make life easier?
On the other hand, what joys are part of your parenting experience? What have you learned from your step child? How has your perception of kids with special needs changed? Your comments and stories can help people understand how to help and encourage you. Thanks in advance!
Source: http://www.differentdream.com/2013/01/parenting-step-children-with-special-needs/
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