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Parenting an Autistic Child: What Four of Them Have Taught Me

November 2, 2026 by Logan
Comic-style illustration of six different pairs of children's shoes lined up on a doormat in a family hallway, from toddler trainers to teenage trainers. Headline: Six kids. No manual.

I have four autistic kids, and I still learn something new about parenting autistic kids most weeks. That is the first thing I would say to anyone just starting out on this, usually because a diagnosis has landed or the penny has quietly dropped. There is no manual, and if there were, mine would need … Read more

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Dad Burnout Is Real, and No, a Cup of Tea Doesn’t Fix It

October 31, 2026December 8, 2025 by Logan

Some days the house looks ransacked, two of them are wrestling and I’m crying into lukewarm tea.

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