A Flashlight!
Kids love flashlights!! Give them a flashlight, a glow stick, glow bracelets, or a headlamp and they will be the happiest! Follow me for more parenting hacks. Wink.
It had gotten dark and was starting to snow. I took Mikey for a quick walk down the driveway so he could get a chance to see the snowflakes with his flashlight…I also grabbed the mail while we were out anyway. But the main focus was the fun, folks!
As Randy Pausch says in his book, The Last Lecture, “Never, ever underestimate the importance of having fun.”
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Erica Mauro is a mom to two teenage boys, Will who is neurotypical and Michael with Autism and cognitive delays. She holds a BA in Psychology from Colgate University and a Masters of Psychology in Education from Columbia Teacher’s College. Before staying home with her children, she worked as an elementary school teacher. For five years, she served on the Board of Directors of the Molly Ann Tango Memorial Foundation, a charity dedicated to enriching the lives of children with special needs. In partnership with her husband Dave, she aspires to parent by using daily life as an opportunity for therapeutic intervention, seizing on real experiences as opportunities to build skills and strategies for Michael in a joyful, loving home environment. On the tougher early days, she just tried to get everyone safely to bedtime and start fresh in the morning. *wink* 
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