by Rick Daynes | Mar 5, 2017 | Parenting, Uncategorized |
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by Rick Daynes | Mar 1, 2017 | Parenting, Uncategorized |
Four years ago, we were introduced to World Down Syndrome Day (see picture). I did not think much of it at the time, but my wife did. She ordered custom tee-shirts, bought blue and yellow candies and tied them up with blue and yellow ribbons. Our kids took these...
by Rick Daynes | Feb 6, 2017 | Parenting |
This is part four of a multi-part series about one father’s account of working with the dysfunctional special education system. (Read Part 1 here, Part 2 here, & Part 3 here. In part two of this series I shared a very private and painful experience when the school...
by Rick Daynes | Jan 30, 2017 | Parenting |
This is part three of a multi-part series about one father’s account of working with the dysfunctional special education system. Read Part 1 here and Part 2 here. My wife and I decided to hire a partnership of two advocates after it became apparent the IEP team was...
by Rick Daynes | Jan 25, 2017 | Parenting |
This is part two of a multi-part series about one father’s account of working with the dysfunctional special education system. (Read Part 1 here) In my previous post I claimed my daughter’s future was compromised by the school system’s ambition to keep costs down....
by Rick Daynes | Jan 20, 2017 | Parenting |
I am happy to announce Keep It Together Man’s first guest blog! I have known this Dad/author for as long as I have known Cheerios at the breakfast table. When he told me his story, I asked him to write it up. It is a great example of the battles of parenting in the...