Rob Errera

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New Book Coming March 27th! Autism Dad 3!

March 5, 2018 by roberrera Leave a Comment

My new book, Autism Dad 3: Life Skills & Life Lessons: Preparing Our Special-Needs Child For Adulthood,  comes out March 27. Order it here! Teenagers with autism need life skills and job training. Life Skills & Life Lessons: Autism Dad 3 is a personal memoir told with humor and grace that looks at the unique challenges […]

Filed Under: Autism, Family matters, Non-fiction, Parenting Tagged With: adulthood, autism, autism book, family, guitars, job skills, life skills, memoir, parenthood, special-needs child, teenagers, transition

Fighting A Losing Battle Against Roots, Wings, and Time

March 31, 2017 by roberrera Leave a Comment

She’s going, and that’s all there is to it. My nine-year-old daughter got invited to spend a week with her cousins at their lake house in New Hampshire. It’s been in the planning stages for weeks, and she’s got everything worked out. She knows what outfits to pack, which shampoos to bring, and which stuffed […]

Filed Under: Family matters, Non-fiction, Parenting Tagged With: growing old, growing up, parental abandonment, time marches on, time stands still, young daughter, young lady

Modern Concerts Are Big On Spectacle, Short On Feel

March 24, 2017 by roberrera Leave a Comment

Once upon a time, I loved going to rock concerts. It didn’t matter what the act was. Tickets were cheap in the 1980s: $15-$20; maybe $27.50 for fancy seats. One week in the mid-80s I saw REO Speedwagon on a Monday night, and KISS that Thursday. I was at an Ozzy Osbourne/Metallica show where the […]

Filed Under: Entertainment, Non-fiction, Parenting, Pop Culture & Social Trends, Social trends, Technology Tagged With: changes in live entertainment, classic rock concerts, lifeless music, live music, modern rock concerts

Do you hear what I hear? Probably not

August 12, 2016 by roberrera Leave a Comment

“I need you to bring this dirty laundry down to the basement,” my wife said. “Move the stuff that’s in the washer to the dryer, and bring up the clean clothes that are down on the folding table.” “Yeah, yeah,” I replied, grabbing the laundry basket and heading down. “And don’t forget to separate the […]

Filed Under: Family matters, Parenting, Satire Tagged With: bad listeners, communication breakdown, daddy ears, good listeners, husbands, listen to me, mommy ears, wives

College safe zones degrade higher learning

July 30, 2016 by roberrera Leave a Comment

Colleges and universities were once hotbeds of creative ideas and free expression. Students used to question abuse, question authority. Today, students request “safe zones” so they can protest “offensive” Halloween costumes, and insensitive emails. St. Louis University is one of several institutions of higher learning where designated safe spaces are a perceived necessity among minority […]

Filed Under: Education, Parenting, Pop Culture & Social Trends Tagged With: College, education, pathetic millennials, safe zones, tolerance, wussy students

New Book! Autism Dad 2!

November 9, 2014 by roberrera Leave a Comment

Autism Dad 2: Autism, Adolescence and Fatherhood

 

Filed Under: Autism, Book Review, Family matters, On Writing, Parenting Tagged With: adolescence, autism, Autism Dad, fatherhood, new book

Homegrown Puppies or How We Fostered A Pregnant Stray Dog

May 1, 2013 by roberrera 2 Comments

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Back in January 2013, my wife and I fostered a pregnant dog named Buttons. Buttons was on the “kill list” at a shelter in West Virginia, but some kindly animal rescuers transported her to the Bloomingdale Animal Shelter Society in Bloomingdale, NJ. We agreed to foster Buttons, and find homes for her and her puppies. […]

Filed Under: Family matters, Parenting Tagged With: adopt a pet, animal rescue, dog rescue tale, foster dog, high-kill shelters, homegrown puppies, homeless pets, pregnant dog

Revisiting Fatherhood Boot Camp This Father’s Day!

November 13, 2010 by roberrera Leave a Comment

rocco @ 6 months

[This is one of my wife’s favorites. Originally published in March 2002, and revised for Father’s Day 2013] In honor of Father’s Day, June 16, I’d like to travel back to before I was Autism Dad, when I was just “a new dad.” The moment my son was born, I realized I held the most […]

Filed Under: Family matters, Parenting Tagged With: autism, Autism Dad, fatherhood, fathers day, francesca, holiday issues, kids rock, meaning of life, rocco, the meaning of life

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