{"product_id":"not-what-i-expected-9780399171765","title":"Not What I Expected","description":"\u003cb\u003eFinalist for a Books for a Better Life Award\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA pediatric neuropsychologist presents strategies to help parents of special-needs children navigate the emotional challenges they face.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e As diagnosis rates continue to rise for autism, ADHD, learning disabilities, and other developmental differences, parents face a maze of medical, psychological, and educational choices – and a great deal of emotional stress. Many books address children’s learning or behavior problems and advise parents what they can do to help their kids, but until \u003cb\u003eNot What I Expected: Help and Hope for Parents of Atypical Children\u003c\/b\u003e there were no books that explain what the parents are going through - and how they can cope with their own emotional upheaval – for their own sake, and for the wellbeing of the whole family.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e With compassion, clarity, and an emphasis on practical solutions, Dr. Rita Eichenstein's \u003cb\u003eNot What I Expected: Help and Hope for Parents of Atypical Children\u003c\/b\u003e walks readers through the five stages of acceptance (similar to the stages of grief, but modified for parents of special-needs kids). Using vivid anecdotes and suggestions, she helps readers understand their own emotional experience, nurture themselves in addition to their kids, identify and address relationship wounds including tension in a marriage and struggles with children (special-needs and neurotypical), and embrace their child with acceptance, compassion and joy.","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"STANDARD","offer_id":62237595369859,"sku":"9780399171765","price":17.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0907\/8456\/3587\/files\/9780399171765.jpg?v=1785363954","url":"https:\/\/shopcomics.eu\/products\/not-what-i-expected-9780399171765","provider":"Shop Comics EU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}