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Jane Anderson's avatar

I love this so much. I know you have at least one other child besides Ellie and I wondered if there were any techniques or advice you could share about raising siblings of a neurodiverse child. This article is full of wisdom and I am going to share it with friends who have children or grandchildren Leah's age. I remember one of my friends who had a high school son who was working on a tennis scholarship, which he ended up getting. It was a full ride to a 4-year private college. But I remember when his son would get mad and fly off the handle or beat himself up over a loss, Rog would just ask him, "Did you do your best? Did you use all you had? Then that's all you can do." No advice. No pointing out flaws. I always admired that. I love those questions you asked Leah. You second to the last paragraph is pure gold. Leah and Ali are better for it.

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April Daniels's avatar

I absolutely LOVE this post! I am an avid "morning pages" writer. This morning I was writing about the importance of youth spots. NOT to be a track for professional sports, but for many other important aspects (ex. exercise, being outside, playing together on teams, teamwork, and how learning how to lose and learning how to win).

I love youth sports for so many reasons, but not a exclusive track for college, Olympics, or pro sports....

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