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Dr. Liz Nissim- Matheis
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Anxiety
December 22, 2018

This Is What Anxiety Looks Like When You’re Parenting a Child With Disabilities

Like I’ve said before, parenting is a tough job. It’s the most demanding, relentless, thankless job I have ever had. As a parent of three very different children, I need to parent each one differently because of their age, their needs and their personalities. I’m an anxious person. I didn’t come into the world as [...]
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5 Tips for Parenting a Child With OCD

Watching your child have irrational beliefs and partake in bizarre rituals is heartbreaking. The parenting handbook left out the chapter on how to parent a child with obsessive compulsive disorder. How are you supposed to react? How can you help them stop their compulsive behavior? Should you be stern? Should you ignore it? These are [...]
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Denise and her son Brett sitting in the grass.
Denise and her son Brett sitting in the grass.
Denise Rehner
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Navigating the New Landscape of Parenting a Child With Disabilities

I am a caregiver. I didn’t plan it and in fact I had no idea that I would become a caregiver — other than the usual care a mother gives her child. My care goes to a little boy named Brett. Many people believe, as I do, that every living being is in the world [...]
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