EBD Blog

Shira Salamone—who is mother of a boy with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders and has documented the trials, tribulations, and joys of being the boy’s parent in a series of entries “Park your ego at the door: Links to my series ‘On raising a child with disabilities’”—has a post reflecting on the twists and turns that parenthood takes. It is, in part, a celebration of her son’s college successes.

When our son was young and giving us enough trouble to turn my husband’s hair gray and make me want to jump off the Brooklyn Bridge, I never dreamed that a day would come when we would consider ourselves to be among the lucky ones. Our son “made it.” Other people’s children did not.

But, there is much more to it than that. It’s a recommended read (look in the sidebar for a link to the “Park Your Ego” series.