Comments from Parents
"I'd been at the end of my rope with my son hitting his younger sister. In a bout of frustration, I sent all my friends a desperate email...I simply didn't know how I could keep my daughter and my sanity safe. I was almost to the point of thinking that maybe there was no way to have them both living under the same roof; I was that far gone!
One of my friends forwarded the email to Amy. Even after the first long afternoon working with him, I actually started to see some progress! I think what amazed me more was the impact one simple suggestion of hers has continued to make:
Part of the feeling of chaos was because I was constantly trying to get things done in the house, but everytime I turned my attention, my son would hit my daughter. I couldn't get dinner made, nevermind anything else! Amy proposed a re-organization of certain chores between my husband and me and that one little thing has made such a huge difference!"
-Amanda L.
Hopkinton, MA
"My son has learning disabilities and I was having a hard time following through with setting limits with him. My daughter was beginning to figure out that if she stomped and threw a tantrum, I'd get a headache and give up because I didn't have the energy to keep fighting. Pretty much I was feeling like a doormat. When this new person started coming to the house and telling my kids my own rules for them, somehow all of a sudden they acted like they finally understood, like I had been speaking Greek or something! As a single mom it was just really nice to have somebody there to back me up. It was like, "Ok, I'm not crazy for asking them to do this or that."
-Christine S.
Bellingham, MA