EDITOR’S NOTE: Please welcome KielM to TSParentsOnline. She is the author of the Momma Has Monsters blog, and she will be blogging here from time to time now as well. Sometimes I think this would all be a little bit… Continue Reading
As part of their normal development, young children often engage in ritualistic, repetitive and even compulsive activities. Early developmental phases in humans typically involve perfectionism, attachments to favourite objects, rituals for eating, hoarding, bedtime rituals, etc. Psychologists believe that this… Continue Reading
In my last post, I talked about my son’s big UCLA Tourette Syndrome follow-up appointment. The doctor took a lot of time with both of us, and the overall consensus was that, yes, Stink has some attention issues. Stink tics mildly… Continue Reading
My name is Cheryl, and I live in the Central Valley of California. I am the mother of one son with severe Tourette Syndrome and another with moderate to severe OCD. They are both now in their late 20s but… Continue Reading
NOTE: The following is a personalized advertisement of sorts, just for NJCTS, that we at TSParentsOnline thought would be very useful to parents of kids with Tourette Syndrome, especially during the holiday season. Enjoy! Re-train the brain with SingFit, a… Continue Reading
Shelby Crockett has been a paralegal for nine years and owns the site How to Become a Paralegal. Her site helps students find the right paralegal school. Those who have Tourette Syndrome are likely to encounter loads of misinformation and those… Continue Reading
If you ask him, “How are the tics? Are they bothering you?” he will shrug and say, “I don’t know,” but that’s not quite true. He’s 13 – the tics are intense and he can be driven to tears at… Continue Reading
I’m a 45-year-old mother, wife and school counselor. I’ve been married for 19 years and have two children. My oldest child, son Will, is 14 and in his freshman year of high school. My youngest, Lilly, is 11 and in 6th… Continue Reading