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The Peaceful Parenting Podcast

146: When Your Child Is Different with Sonali Vongchusiri

Mar 27, 2024
47:52

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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