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When parents need to practise letting go
I was nervous about my adult son staying on his own in his condo one night. In the end, it turned out better than my husband and I could have expected.
How my teen became an Uno wiz
BLOOM columnist Anchel Krishna is surprised to learn her daughter Syona is brilliant at playing Uno. She never taught her.
When excursions don't make space for disability, our family is split
Anchel Krishna gazed at photos of people exploring a stunning set of caves. She knew there was no way her daughter could get her wheelchair in there.
When grief and gratitude are in the parenting mix
Our new A Family Like Mine film focuses on inpatient Mason, 5, who has spinal muscular atrophy and his family.
Seeing your child in a hospital bed never becomes routine
'Confidence can be a mask I put on to make the reality of our situation a little more bearable.' Sometimes it sends the wrong message to the outside world.
How the notion of a 'normal' body harms us all
'It’s extremely reductive to have a single idea of what constitutes the ideal, normal, desirable life, function or body.'
First-generation Canadians face the isolation of autism
'There’s one thing that I think would really help parents with kids on the spectrum: Having [support] groups that regularly meet that are staying connected.'
A couple's relationship can be frayed by a child's complex needs
'When a nurse cancels or funding gets cut or a family member can't come, we absorb the cost, and it shows up in the space between us.'
In South Asian culture, 'there is no shame in leaning on family'
Normalizing 'interconnected lives can make the idea of interdependence feel familiar rather than something to fear.'
With a sledge, skates and friends we showed up to party
BLOOM columnist Anchel Krishna decides her family's 'hibernate under the covers' approach to winter has got to go.
Before I met my daughter Bree, I googled her
A prenatal diagnosis leads to an online narrative about a child. This dad says the internet got his daughter's story wrong.
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