COOL STUFF FOR PARENTS
Hey, folks. I promised you some good stuff, some content and resources. And if you stick with me, you’ll get all that and more. Below you can get started with a few articles or videos from the blog. There is more to come. Keep fighting the good fight and put your best self out there for the sake of your spouse, your kids and for your own sake.
This life was meant for enjoying. So, although there may be times of frustration and trial, there is also love and happiness and growth. Keep on Keeping It Together, my friends.
2015 World Down Syndrome Day Shirt
Disney has yet to send me any kind of summons or cease and desist. I did try several times to contact them regarding this Tee, but got nowhere. I never got permission, but I could not resist putting this shirt together for our second Down Syndrome Day celebration....
2017 Daynes Family World Down Syndrome Day T-Shirt!
The unveiling of this year’s Daynes family World Down Syndrome Day T-shirt will happen this Thursday (3/9/17). In previous years, the unveiling has taken place on March 21, World Down Syndrome Day. However, due to many of you getting mad that you were not given the...
2017 Down Syndrome Day Shirts!
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World Down Syndrome Day is Coming!
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...
Guest Post- Part 4: When adults want to limit your special needs child
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...
Guest Post- Part 3: Advocates level the playing field in IEPs
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...
Guest Post- Part 2: The principal wanted to kick our special needs child out of school
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....
Guest Post- Part 1: My child’s future was traded for administrator ambition
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...
This is My Year! Or Maybe Next?
Let’s Give it Another GO! It’s the final countdown (BA-NA-NA-NA, BA-NA-NA-NA-NA) -Europe OK! I am totally psyched! This is my year! This is the year I make it all happen! Let’s see… Physical Goals: check Scholastic Goals: check Financial Goals: check Social Goals:...
How to Tell Your Kid He Has Autism
Buddy: Why don't you just say it? I'm the worst toy maker in the world. I'm a cotton-headed ninny-muggins. Elves: (Gasps) Ming Ming: No, buddy, you're not a cotton-headed ninny-muggins. We all just have different talents. That's all. Buddy: Seems like everyone else...