Think of your child. Your son: this handsome, sweet little boy in whom you've invested the fragile sum of your hopes and dreams... living a life of emotional isolation, unable to really connect with others. As an abstract concept or a very real possibi...

Cook-KIE Alex would learn to pilot an F-16 in exchange for a chocolate-chip cookie. Autism parenting sites all warn about overusing bribes, but nothing sticks Alex to his barber’s chair or to a seat at a family event like a chocolate chip cook...

It’s been a tough day and tonight has not been much better. There are a lot of things about CP that I’m good at handling as a father. But there are a lot of issues that come up with Haley that while not directly caused by CP are likely influenced ...

I’d like to write about Isaac’s Fro or Abby asking us why Mel and I are the ones who get to give the choices, and I suppose if I wrote more regularly I would cover some of those topics. Today March 31 2011 was a big day in my life. ...

Today is National Cerebral Palsy Awareness Day. For those who don’t already know the origins of this blog are my children and my oldest daughter has Cerebral Palsy. When I first started blogging regularly Haley’s Cerebral Palsy was much of my inspiration and it led to the 2009 Father of ...

I can just imagine the conversation I would have had with my dad had he known what I was going to do with my daughter this past week. “Kev are you crazy, she’ll break her leg!” “Kevin, there are just some things that aren’t worth it!” Now honestly I don’t ...

Today I posted an article titled “I Hate labels” over at 5 minutest for Special needs. I talk about testing for dyslexia and my experience and how it affected my self worth as a child. If your a parent dealing with learning issues please consider this unique perspective and try ...

Hello all, It’s been a while since I’ve posted but it’s the new year so I want to let you know my plans for this site over 2011. Many of you know I keep a few blogs including TheDADvocateProject.com, Metzgerbusiness.com and now RoadToThin.com and Kevin-Metzger.com. Technically Kevin-Metzger.com isn’t a blog ...

I’ve begun guest posting over at 5 minutes for special needs. The site is a wonderful resource for parents who have children with all types of needs and it is really a wonderful community. I post every thursday at approximately 1:00 PM. Check out todays Post Ballet – The Penguin ...

Yesterday was Abby’s 4th birthday. We had a great day but the funniest part of the day was when she woke up and wanted to see if she looked 4 years old. She got out of bed and ran to the mirror to see 4 year old Abby. My doodle ...