Growing Up a Glass Child
Glass children are children who grow up in a home with a sibling who takes up...
Is it Fair to Expect my other Children to Take Care of their Special Brother?
Is it fair to expect our other children to take on the role of caregiver when we can’t...
Am I doing it Right?: Special Needs and Siblings
Beware of Treating Your Child With Special Needs as the “Darling of the Family.”
Finding Balance for Siblings of Special needs Children
There are both positive and negative sides for the siblings of special needs children...
A Letter To the Sibling of a Child with Special Needs
What parents need to consider for their children who are siblings to a child with special needs...
Why do you love Jacob more than us?
This letter describes the natural hurt siblings can feel when so much of their parent’s time...
Autism’s Hidden Casualties: Typical Siblings
Until recently I truly believed that I had provided a life of normalcy for my daughter...
Intimate Enemies: Sibling Rivalry
Sibling conflict is as old as Cain and Abel and can be as legendary as Cinderella and her stepsisters...
What Siblings Want You to Know...
Having a child with special needs can take sibling rivalry to a whole new level. With awareness and purposeful parenting...
Having A Special Needs Brother Does Not Make Me ‘Lucky’
Gina DeMillo Wagner grew up with the heavy weight of responsibility, not only to make up...
4 Ways to Strengthen Sibling Relationships
There are many ways to nurture relationships between your kids...
I Left A Child Behind! (How I dropped the ball with my non-ADHD child)
Giving children the level of attention they...
A mother should never have to choose between her children
A mother should never have to decide which one has more important needs than the other...
