Tia Smith

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357 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2017 last heard Jul 2017

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Full-Tilt Parenting: Strategies, Insights, and Connection for Parents Raising Neurodivergent Children · TPP 067: One Mother's Story of Parenting a 2e Daughter with Dyslexia, Dysgraphia, and Dyscalculia · 25 Jul 2017 podcast

I mean, I think I was so plagued by fear, I couldn't even see straight sometimes.

And sometimes I still am.

I mean, I was afraid of not finding the answers I wanted.

At the same time, I was afraid of actually finding

answers that I might not want to hear.

I was afraid she would never be able to read.

And so not only did that make me afraid for what would the rest of her life be like, but since I'm such a reader, I thought she's going to miss out on so much.

How is this going to work?

And I was afraid she would be judged for spelling and not her brilliant ideas.

I was afraid life would be harder and she wouldn't be independent.

mean, I could go down the list, Debbie.

I mean, you're going to think I'm a freak.

I was like, wait, this is going to impact her college and her professional options.

I mean, she's five at the time.

Okay.

And even now she's only 12.

I still, this still comes up for me.

I was afraid people would not get to know her for her talents, her intelligence, how kind and compassionate she is, but only for the things that she struggled with.

You know, I was afraid we did not know what to do for her.

And I was afraid she would know I was afraid.

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