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I'm AuDHD. Struggled with socializing all my life. Including as an Elementary kid, where it didn't help that we literally lived at the edge of the city. Well. Picture my face, when I read about "Play…
My Parents Ruined My Life — My mom would call the police on me whenever she wanted to discipline me. She ruined two birthdays where I just cried in my room out of depression. She called the police (who comforted me) saying that …
YES. I remember feeling that for a solid year. Such a sense of relief and space to decompress. My oldest was in pre school at the time and it required a lot of volunteering, showing up for various eve…
I think about this sometimes. I was a bright kid. I could read at basically an adult level by the time I was 7. I was smart and caring and empathetic. In second grade, I was the kid interceding when o…
I understand. He does have other women figures. My wife’s cousin is his Auntie C and spoils him. Plus we see my wife’s really good friends, now they are my friends, fairly regularly for play dates wit…
They did, mainly because they wanted me to speak English more fluently as a child. I'm not sure if all these social play dates were popular in the 80's in Canada.. I could imagine how hard it would be…
Okay, now that I can understand. I met friends who were also single moms, we'd watch each others kids for each other sometimes, and sometimes kiddo had a friend whose house hed go play at or theyd com…
there have been several studies that demonstrate how women generally experience longer, happier lives when they are single, compared to when they’re in relationships. the opposite is true for men; men…
See if he’ll agree to go to the ER & ask to be admitted to the psych ward for an extended stay because he’s suicidal. That way they’ll review his meds, watch his behaviours, do blood work & assess whe…
Now is the time to enroll your child in a half day pre-k. Your kid will get to play and practice socializing with her peers doing child-centered activities, and your wife will have less time to fill. …