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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Cerebral Palsy and other conditions that result in children with special needs are being diagnosed earlier these days. That does not really help those once they receive the diagnosis. The hospitals are becoming more able to recommend therapists and channel newly shocked parents towards strategists and specialists that will help ...

Haley presented today at the Atlanta Jewish book festival. There were probably 80 people in the audience and it didn’t phase her one bit. I’m so proud of her. Check out the video below. Haley and Raye Lynn – Atl MJCCA Book Festival 1...

I have a new friend. She recently sold me a cane for Haley. When I bought the cane I didn’t know who she was all I knew was that she sold customer canes and I needed something cute for my daughter to use in school. Good news is that Haley ...

I’ve been following the story about the Florida dad who stormed the bus to threaten everyone who was involved in bullying his daughter who has CP. As a parent of a child who has CP I can easily understand exactly why James Jones did what he did. If someone threw ...

Dear Friends and Family, As you already know, our daughter Haley had a brain bleed shortly after birth, which led to her diagnosis of Cerebral Palsy. Fortunately, Haley is doing incredibly well and we have aggressively treated her since birth with both therapy and more recently surgery. Unfortunately not all ...