Down Syndrome- One Parent’s Story

Zen Parenting Radio

Todd and Cathy Adams

Education, Philosophy, Parenting, Self-improvement, Kids & Family, Society & Culture

4.8 • 636 Ratings

🗓️ 10 October 2014

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Our friend Shawn Bowen tells her story about her son Matthew who was diagnosed with down syndrome in the hospital 4 days after he was born. Matthew is now 7 and is amazing as he was when he showed up seven years ago. Shawn talks about her initial reaction to Matthew's diagnoses, advocating for her son in a school system, Matthew's health challenges, and how the perception of down syndrome has changed for the better as time goes by. Hope you enjoy... Other Resources We invite you to attend a live webinar with us titled How is your Child Sleeping? The discussion revolves around assessing your child's sleep behavior and the effects on overall development. Register by clicking here. $15.00 to register. An inspirational story related to this workshop can be found below. It's called "Finding Connor Deegan" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sk5qsmRyVcE Shameless plug for Cathy's sister's S.O.S. Pads campaign- Who knew? http://www.sosclorox.com/ Todd co-facilitates The Tribe and is now accepting applications for his 2015 retreat. Highlights of last years retreat can be found here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rd4HfGvOl2k&index=19&list=PLJATAQGVhEVv7KoAcf-V7UKiN0_De-wqn Click the following links to purchase Cathy's books The Self-Aware Parent Part 1 & and Part 2 Click here to find her blog, and click here to find her Chicago Parent column. Todd has a few spots opening for his Men's Group. Email me @ [email protected] Tree of Life Chiropractic Care have some interesting workshops planned. An outline can be found here. If you shop Amazon by going through our website first (there is an amazon link on the bottom right hand of our home page), a portion of your sale will help fund our Be U program. Thanks for supporting us! Check out our new website & be sure to sign up to get all new podcast sent direct to your inbox @ ZPR. We would love to hear any comments from the show by sending us an email @ [email protected] You can be sure to hear more by liking our Facebook page @ https://www.facebook.com/ZenParenting How important is a good smile? Just ask our new partner John J Kelly DDS. They are located on the northwest side of Chicago and will meet all of your family's dental needs. Painting or remodeling? Don't forget about our parnter Avid Co. Looking for a Vitamix blender? Don't forget to use our coupon code 06-007296 for free shipping.

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0:00.0	Hello, this is Todd.
0:01.0	This is Kathy.
0:01.7	And this is Conversations with People We Love, brought to you by BU Incorporated.
0:06.1	On this show, we talk with authors and we talk with teachers, we talk with friends,
0:10.2	and anybody that has a story to share that can help us open our heart and be more aware of who we are.
0:15.2	Hope you enjoy the show.
0:16.9	Yeah.
0:18.5	Hi.
0:20.2	Like you, Bowen.
0:25.6	All right.
0:27.7	Here we go.
0:28.2	My name is Todd Adams.
0:29.3	This is Kathy Adams.
0:30.1	Welcome back to yet another episode of Zen Parenting Radio, but this is a special episode, isn't it, sweetie?
0:35.6	It is.
0:36.2	This is a conversation with somebody we love.
0:38.6	Yes. This is our neighbor, Sean Bowen. Sean Bowen, welcome.
0:41.9	Thank you.
0:44.2	So, Sean is a mom who lives right down the block from us, and we've known you, I don't know, a few years maybe, something like that.
0:51.1	And you moved to Elmhurst, and you have a husband named Matt and you have four sons.
0:56.3	So they kind of balance our female energy out.
0:59.7	We got a lot of female energy.
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