Archive for May 2009
The Witching Hour
May 27, 2009 | 
Author By Jill Applebaum
The beautiful thing about the birthing process is that we control very little of it. Your water will break when it breaks. Your Anesthesiologist will get there when he gets there.
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Teens and Bed-Wetting:Dealing With Diapers and Plastic Pants
By Colin Ellison
Being a teenager can be a stressful time in life. There’s the pressure of fitting in,preparing to get into college,going to prom,learning to drive. Now imagine if you also had to tell someone of the opposite sex that you have to wear diapers and plastic pants because you still wet the bed?
Parental Decisions Regarding Bed-Wetting and Diapers
By Colin Ellison
This sharepost is a response to Guest’s comments on my sharepost “Bed-Wetting: Should Older Children, Adolescents, and Teenagers Be Required to Wear Diapers?” I realize what I’ve said is very controversial and goes against the grain of most people’s thinking(both professional and non-professional) on this subject. The point of my original sharepost was to get people to see this issue in a whole new light.
Grappling with the Birthday Beast
by Jennifer Kirsch
A mother starts to plan her son’s birthday party five months in advance, calling the parents of children with proximate birthdays to coordinate dates. A bewildered father wonders where to corral the many toys his daughter receives for her birthday. A friend confesses her relief at learning her son would like to go fishing with a neighbor on his birthday, foregoing a party. A comic strip pictures a family going through customs en route to a birthday celebration.(1)
Psychosocial Difficulties of Parents with Young Children with Severe Disabilities
Author: Dr Bindu Chawla, Associate Professor of Education , Touro College, Graduate School of Education, New York.
Introduction:
Being a parent has never been easy. Parenting is the job with no preparations and vacations. Senel and Akkok (1996) reported that children with disabilities have special needs that require more attention, greater vigilance and effort from parents than non-disabled children. Chronic illness in childhood has massive physical, social and psychological effects on families who are expected to raise the social adaptive child with special needs. Psychosocial (how parents and children mentally adapt to social situations) issues of parents and children with disabilities can be very traumatic for most parents. Psychosocial aspects, influences, parents and family factors all contribute to a healthy child with special needs.
Becoming A Father
by David McSweeney
“I’ve just been to the Doctor’s and told I’ve only got nine months to live!” “Really, what’s wrong with you?” “My girlfriend is pregnant….”