GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. — Parenting children with special needs can be stressful and affect not only your own mental well-being but can also damage relationships with your spouse or co-parent.
Navigating those unique challenges is the topic of a three-part series on the Mom Enough podcast right now.
Developmental psychologist Dr. Marti Erickson offers these steps parents can take to address challenges and strengthen their relationship with each other, for the sake of their child and themselves:
- Increase communication with each other
- Commit to being the calm in the storm for your child and each other
- Remember and nurture who you were before children
- Seek and accept help and support
For more information tune into "When Your Child Is Struggling" featured now on momenough.com.