https://citydadsgroup.com/tourette-syndrome-dad-telling-kids/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tourette-syndrome-dad-telling-kids Navigating Fatherhood Together Wed, 01 May 2024 19:16:33 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://citydadsgroup.com/tourette-syndrome-dad-telling-kids/#comment-3377 Mon, 03 Nov 2014 23:06:47 +0000 http://citydadsgrpstg.wpengine.com/?p=2432#comment-3377 (I was guided here by Kevin McKeever on Twitter, btw) I worked with a young man who had Tourettes when I was in my early 20s, he in his teens. Once I understood that his affliction wasn’t painful to him, I stopped noticing it, most days. Everybody loved him and accepted him, in our circles, for all of the things that he was: funny, kind, bright, talented, a good worker, and a good friend. Our customers mostly gave him their advice for how to cure hiccups. Later I bought the business and immediately hired him. His Tourettes didn’t define him because he didn’t let it define him. It was one of many things I learned from him. And I don’t think it will ever define you to your child.

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