#thrutheireyes

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We celebrated Ethan's birthday yesterday, it was a last minute birthday, in between the storm and the Jewish high holidays, we improvised everything BUT the kid had a blast. He got so much attention, love and cool gifts. It was 7pm on a school night and I tried to get my kids to stop riding their bike and get ready for bed. Benjamin at first ignored me, then he told me NO (!!!) he wasn't coming inside!!! Oh I got mad, and again I wanted to make promises of all the things he is going to lose and was even thinking to go and grab him and take his bike away forever... I start thinking about my (awful) skills as a mother and how I failed. But then I looked at Ethan, this day has been all about him and my Benny needs extra attention this is what it's all about! With a different perspective in mind, we approach Benjamin, got him to do his night routine smoothly and spoke about how to communicate our feelings when we feel like we need attention (or anything) I explained how things looked on our end and how he could have gotten in trouble for wanted something that it so normal to want (who doesn't want attention sometimes). We asked him to think about the best consequence to help him not behave the way he did and say 'NO' when mommy calls you. Any suggestions??? #Becausetheyworthit #weallneedattention #empathy #thrutheireyes #forhappykids #parenting #awarness #lovecomesfirst #livepourposefullytoday #practiceyogaoffthemat https://www.instagram.com/p/Bn3nCPRgaks/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=w1tblc0jiebb

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Irish mum has gone viral after creating an autism awareness campaign

Loving mother Nicole Duggan set up a blog to help raise awareness for autism and document her journey with her four-year-old little boy Riley and she now has a huge following. From the personal blog to creating Snapchat account for her campaign Through Their Eyes (snapchat name: thrutheireyes)...

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We went thru the nightly routine, per his request I spend 10 more minutes in bed with him (out of my very precious and limited 'me time' after this devices-free weekend and 3 months of summer) I kissed him good night and a few minutes later he shows up upstairs 😣���‍♀️😵 "You are almost 9 y/o, get your act together and go to bed, I have so much to do. We had the same routine since the day you were born, your younger siblings are already asleep without any issues WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU??? WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS TO ME???" This is what went thru my head, what I almost said BUT I didn't. He is not doing anything to me, I know that sometimes he has a hard time falling asleep (I also know that he doesn't like it, and he wishes he could fall asleep right away). Thank God 🙏 I learned to stop and rethink, if I had said all the above, I would have made one who is already suffering, suffer even more, I would make him feel worse and by comparing him to his sibling I would make him feel less and not normal... So instead I asked him what can I do to help? I told him that it totally normal and sometimes I have a hard time falling asleep, I laid next to him for a while until he fell asleep... ❤️ I totally missed my "me time" but gained a very happy boy in the morning:)🤩🤩🤩 Seeing life thru their eyes is the most efficient, effective and empowering parenting technics I can use. This morning on our way to school we spoke about empathy, and my 💗 got so big when he used our last night experience as an example of empathy. It has only been 2 days of school and he had already gotten a lifetime lesson :) Thank you #CJDS #kidsarethebestteacher #empathy #becausetheyworthit #thrutheireyes #parenting #alwaysacoach #practiceyogaoffthemat https://www.instagram.com/p/Bm_LF1Hg388/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=eimbiz7122ov