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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, I am right there with you. It is isolating and so overwhelming. You are a great mom. You are getting your son the best possible help and the best chance to succeed. As a reader/poster on here for more than four years, the overwhelming majority of kids make great progress and gains. It is a different path than you expected or hoped for, but it is still special and can be fun. I like to think of it this way when I am really, really sad (every night at 11 PM. I have to take ambien to sleep ever since we discovered my son's issues.):  I can only do so much for my typically developing daughter. I can give her all the opportunities and resources, but parenting kids who are typical usually only results in differences at the margins. They were going to get there anyway barring neglect or abuse.  Maybe some kumon or expensive classes might make some edge, but its not likely to change the course of her life. Parenting my son, however, is changing the course of a life. If he were born into a family without education or resources I have no idea of what would become of him. I am changing and shaping his life for the better. And it gives me purpose.[/quote]

What a nice perspective. Thanks PP. Hugs to you.[/quote]

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