12/9/2023 0 Comments Toddler meltdown memeYou understand the pain … every single day. You understand the guilt of losing your patience with your child, who is considered to have “special needs.” You understand how f’ing hard it is to make a decision to medicate or not. The countless hours of research and talking to behavioral specialists and therapists to understand this complicated disorder, and how you can help them. All of the worries in the middle of the night. You understand all the tears that have been shed. You understand the toll it takes on your marriage, and on your other children. You understand the heartache in getting the diagnosis and knowing certain things will be challenging for your child for their entire life. You understand all the problems at school – the inability to pay attention and executive functioning challenges, all the behavioral challenges, academic challenges. You understand the lack of social skills, and your child being left out and being depressed. The pain in seeing your child unable to control their emotions, the frustration and impatience of listening to the ongoing screaming. You understand all the meltdowns - not tantrums, but meltdowns - that went on for hours that you couldn’t stop. For all you parents out there reading this who have a non-neurotypical child, I know you understand my anger.
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