There are a lot of books out there on FASD. Many I keep on my shelves for reference and as a lending library for friends - others I keep a little more restricted and have begun taking off the shelves and out of our teens easy reach. It's a sad reality but the consequences of FASD can be very scary and we don't need to introduce any new ideas into our home before their time.
I know you are itching to find out what I have been reading in the New Year (after all what does a wacky mom like me read beyond Dick and Jane?) and with a post titled like this your wondering what sort of late-night, loose your sleep binge I'm on this time.
Aside from the fact that Julie and Elijah are back in the hospital (please pray!) which called for a late night Sista's run to restock her stash of Diet Pepsi pairing up with the FASD and the Law seminar later this week I pushed to finish Fatal Link tonight so I can return it to Barb. Sleep? Optional when there are books to read, friends to encourage and real life learning to be seized.
I'm not going to put too much on here about the book (Fatal Link) because it's one I will purchase but keep out of the main circulating areas of the house. It's an important book on FASD - demonstrating what the predictable end result of prenatal exposure to alcohol can be in a worse case scenario situation. My kids read this blog - no need for me to say more than that.
But I would definitely recommend any parent to FASD kids read it because much of the power of fear in our lives comes when things happen we have never contemplated before. Read it, ponder it, pray over it. I believe doing so will equip us to face it if we ever walk these paths as a family. I also think it would be helpful to those who work with individuals of any age who have been alcohol affected before birth - just understanding a little more about the how/what/where/when of life with FASD might expand our understanding of what we can do to help reach helping hands into hurting lives.
1 comments:
yea - that was a hard read. I kinda wanted to go take them all off the shelves so my kids wouldn't be judged by it.
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