by Kathy Guzzo | Nov 20, 2012 | Advocacy, Special Needs Parenting
Parenting Lessons in Letting Go Parenting lessons don’t end when our kids become adults. Guest blogger Kathy Guzzo is here to share some parenting lessons she’s learned since her children, one of whom has special medical needs, reached adulthood. Parenting...
by Jolene | Sep 14, 2012 | How-Tos, Special Needs Parenting
Parents of adults with special needs, like all parents, appreciate encouragement from friends and family. Yesterday, Kathy Guzzo, guest blogger and parent of an adult child who lives with lupus, shared her top ten list of practical ways to encourage and support...
by Jolene | Sep 13, 2012 | Self-Care and Stress, Special Needs Parenting
Parents of kids with special needs, even when those children become adults, need support from friends and family. Kathy Guzzo, guest blogger and parent of an adult child who lives with lupus, is here today and tomorrow with suggestions of ways to support parents and...
by Jolene | Aug 9, 2012 | Self-Care and Stress, Special Needs Parenting
Survivor guilt. Yesterday, guest blogger Kathy Guzzo defined it and described her experiences with it in Part 1 of Survivor Guilt and Parents of Kids with Special Needs. Today in Part 2, she explains the negative effects of survivor guilt and how she moved from guilt...
by Jolene | Aug 8, 2012 | Self-Care and Stress, Special Needs Parenting
Survivor guilt. I first experienced it when we walked out of NICU with our baby son. He’d made a textbook perfect recovery, unlike other babies in the unit whose prognoses was grim. Guest blogger Kathy Guzzo also experienced survivor guilt while parenting...