parent carer burnout

Unmade bedding

Nobody’s dressed and it’s almost midday

Nobody’s dressed and it’s almost midday As I write this it’s almost midday. Nobody’s dressed. I’ve been up since before 6.30am. So far I’ve half cleaned the house, walked a puppy, done training with a puppy, played referee amid full scale sibling warfare, searched puppy poo for Lego figures and cleaned up sick. There’s wet […]

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Man on sofa tired

When you’re trying so hard to carry a life no one understands

When you’re trying so hard to carry a life no one understands When I look back at the very early days of trying to get school and professionals to understand what was going on, I can can see how hard I was working just to hold everything together. I was constantly explaining, anticipating, firefighting, trying

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