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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Are *occasional* diapers still OK at 5 yrs old...? |
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Posted: 07 Jun 2025, 11:45 pm
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| Your family, your kid, your comfort level, your decisions. :wink: All of my children are ASD, and our potty training ages range from 6 to 10. Strangely enough, my most severely affected Level III kiddo trained earliest. Go figure. We homeschool, though, so we don't have any pressure to potty train b... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Religion Matters |
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Posted: 22 May 2025, 12:21 am
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| Miss Babybird, what a beautiful thread. I, also, strongly believe that religion matters. :heart: It does seem, at least to me, that those strongest in their faith (I can speak only of Christianity here, as I lack in-depth knowledge of/experience with other religions) are generally full of joy, unafr... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Developments in Genetic Research and issues raised |
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Posted: 15 May 2025, 10:35 am
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| "Genetic researchers on the whole have done little to listen to, and address, the fears of the autistic community regarding security and future use of genetic data," says Fletcher-Watson. There is a reason that "researchers have done little to address these fears." They don't ca... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: What is your most rewarding moment as a parent? |
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Posted: 02 May 2025, 2:45 pm
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| What a great thread idea. :heart: I'm a mom of many (more than 6, fewer than 12); everyone is on the spectrum. Most of my children haven't yet reached adulthood, and there have been too many rewarding moments to count, even now. Every triumph from either side of parenting (mine or kiddo) is rewardin... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Eastern Orthodoxy |
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Posted: 23 Feb 2025, 12:52 am
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| I'm currently episcopalian but am thinking about converting to the Eastern Orthodox church (OCA), anybody here EO? I'm not Orthodox, but since you're considering Eastern traditions, I'd encourage you to look into Eastern Catholicism. Roman Catholicism is the only Western Rite; but there are nearly ... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Failure to launch |
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Posted: 02 Feb 2025, 2:33 pm
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| Trying to navigate helping my 26 yo aspie daughter launch too, or at least be able to help me manage our home financially and physically. We now have to get by on just my income, as her father left the picture. I also think it would help her depression and make her feel better about herself to have... |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: Why are less people getting married? |
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Posted: 07 Jan 2025, 1:04 am
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| Marriage= Voluntary imprisonment ! ! ! That is what it truly is, but people are blinded to that awful reality with the glamour & spectacle of a wedding ceremony! And honeymoon vacation My husband and I married young and paid for it ourselves -- We are not wealthy and our wedding wasn't glamorou... |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: Why are less people getting married? |
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Posted: 05 Jan 2025, 11:03 pm
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| Are you suggesting that all the previously-mentioned risks if combined together (aggregated) have a high chance of resulting in divorce? Yes. The more risk factors a couple has, the greater their chance of divorce. We cannot apply macro-level data to individuals, which is why we can discuss "c... |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: Why are less people getting married? |
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Posted: 01 Jan 2025, 3:16 am
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| What is the main root cause of the decline of marriage in the U.S? Disclaimer: My education and training in this sphere applies only to the United States. Sociologically speaking, marriage rates are falling because people (who are rational beings and respond to rewards/punishments) have fewer socia... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Stigma |
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Posted: 16 Dec 2024, 12:14 am
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| Would you say society/schools/teachers/other parents treat your children with stigma due to disability? Yes. Extended family, as well. But we do have a small circle of friends who love us, and they are absolutely cherished. Does society treat disabled sex as taboo because we shouldn't have children... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Failure to launch |
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Posted: 09 Dec 2024, 5:54 pm
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| Irritated thing: there really is no parking problem on my block: evidenced by several empty parking spaces every evening when I go for a walk. Apparently other areas it is a real problem. We are in the process of trying to rent garage space. Ugh. I hate it when HOAs 'fix' things that aren't broken.... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: What are your gifts of the Holy Spirit as a Christian |
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Posted: 09 Dec 2024, 11:02 am
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: What are your gifts of the Holy Spirit as a Christian |
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Posted: 09 Dec 2024, 10:37 am
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| The definitions you provided are just that -- definitions , which prove nothing. Your belief is strong, but mere belief proves nothing. My apologies; I didn't realize this thread was for proving anything. I'm relatively new here, and am still learning which topics go where. In the future, would dis... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: What are your gifts of the Holy Spirit as a Christian |
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Posted: 09 Dec 2024, 1:22 am
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| The sad thing about claiming gifts of the Holy Spirit is that there is no way for the claimant to prove his or her claims. This might explain why Sacred Tradition, among Catholics, defines the Gifts of the Holy Spirit as: https://www.catholic.com/magazine/print-edition/the-seven-gifts-of-the-holy-s... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: What are your gifts of the Holy Spirit as a Christian |
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Posted: 09 Dec 2024, 12:44 am
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| Hi, Miss Rachel. :) Is this the relevant Scripture... 1 Cor. 12:8-10? https://bible.usccb.org/bible/1corinthians/12?1=#54012001 8 To one is given through the Spirit the expression of wisdom; to another the expression of knowledge according to the same Spirit; 9 to another faith by the same Spirit; t... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Failure to launch |
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Posted: 07 Dec 2024, 12:39 am
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| Fenn, I wish I could help with your first post. :( We share similar parenting worries ("Am I doing enough?" "Am I doing too much?" "What the heck should I even *be* doing???"). For the following, though, I have an idea: To add insult to injury the HOA (Home Owners Assoc... |
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