On the Spectrum

Day 413: New Venture

Day 413: New Venture

It was a pretty big Monday in the Schneider house. It was the day Erin launched her brand new business, Mountain Summit Consulting. We are all super excited about the new venture and it focuses on something near and dear to all our hearts. After Henry got his autism...

Day 385: The Now

Day 385: The Now

One of the things that we sometimes struggle with Henry about is the fact that he can get hung up on little things and just get stuck. Kind of like a record skipping. He'll ask about it over and over again and be distracted from what's going on right in front of him....

Day 364: The Schedule

Day 364: The Schedule

Monday morning, we woke up to find the blizzard had come to an end, but boy howdy did we have a lot of snow. Henry's therapy was called off, it was a snow day at school for Amelia, and a student review I was supposed to attend at CU Denver was also cancelled. This was...

Day 305: My Boy Friday

Day 305: My Boy Friday

We made it to Friday. Excited for the weekend, and even though the week seemed to glide by pretty quickly, we were all probably a little gassed.  Henry woke up a little rough around the edges, after a few rough nights of sleep. It was a big week for him, so we weren't...

Day 241: Write Stuff

Day 241: Write Stuff

Regular readers of this blog may (or may not) remember that several weeks ago, I made a rather impromptu decision to take part in a very short screenwriting competition. A friend of mine was doing it, so I figured what the heck. The gist is that it's a 48-hour...

Jim Schneider

About Honest Parenting

Parenting is a daily act of high-wire improv without a net in front of a live studio audience. It’s a joyous, stressful and sometimes terrifying endeavor and we are all doing our best each and every day. Honest Parenting is an idea that acknowledges that none of us has all the answers, but we all have stories.