Special Interests
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Why Is Everything So Expensive?
A simple question from my son — “Why is everything so expensive?” — opened a window into the hidden costs of parenting a neurodivergent child. From clothes that never get worn to food that’s suddenly rejected, this is the reality behind the price tags. Continue reading
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Can we count my money?
A week-long hyperfocus on coins, banks, and joy. My son every so often will latch onto something and become extremely obsessed by this thing. It could be an event, a person or an activity and it will consume him…….and us. This consumption can go on for a couple of days. He will talk about it, Continue reading
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Who won the World Cup in 2018?
No blog about my son would be complete without a blog post about football. This is actually the second post I write about his love for football, the first being Who plays for Millwall that used to play for Middlesbrough? All boys love football don’t they, supposedly, that is certainly the stereotype anyway and so Continue reading
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Did your eyes pop out?
4 years ago I was struggling to find something as a Christmas present for my daughter. She was at that age that was a grey area between being a young child and being a teenager and nothing seemed appropriate until I decided to get her a pet…..a guinea pig. It seemed perfect, she loved animals, Continue reading
The Questions of My Child 