146: When Your Child Is Different with Sonali Vongchusiri

In this episode of the Peaceful Parenting Podcast, Sonali Vongchusiri of Forward Together Parenting shares her story of both growing up and being a parent as a legally blind person with Albinism. Sonali and I discuss navigating differences and finding true belonging.

We talk about:

• 6:00 Why Sonali didn’t find out she had Albinism until age 12

• 9:00 Sonali sharing her story of how she found out

• 13:00 Sonali’s struggles to accept herself and her disability

• 17:40 Sonali realizing she couldn’t parent the way other parents could

• 18:45 Sonali finding her own unique way to parent

• 26:30 Fitting in vs. belonging

• 34:43 The problem with pretending there is no difference

Download the episode transcipt HERE

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• https://www.forwardtogetherparenting.com/

• https://www.facebook.com/groups/raisingyourstrongwilledchild

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