During dinnertime, we usually have the television on in the background. A few weeks ago during dinner, a commercial came on. Let's just say, it was for men with certain private "issues." It was about 7 p.m., which I consider to be prime family time. Lauren and Dominic were there with us at the dinner table. They didn't really notice the commercial, but I did and I kind of went off about it. My family is used to me getting up on my soapbox :) It seemed pretty inappropriate considering the time it was on. I don't think a little kid like Dominic's age (7) should have to be asking their parents what Viagra is!! I can remember when certain feminine hygiene product commercials were considered to be pretty taboo. Those commercials are all over the place now, on at all different times. I understand that advertisers need to make money, but having those type of commercials on during the time frame of 7 - 10 p.m. seems kind of tacky. Anybody else offended by some of the commercials that have been on television lately?? Call me a little old-fashioned, but I think some of them are pretty inappropriate!!
We are heading towards 600 orders for Dominic's business. Since our long-term goal for Baked Goods By Dominic is having a "brick-and-mortar" and hire those with disabilities, it is essential and imperative that I continue to teach him all parts of the business. Since I prompted Dominic for so many years for speech, he has become "prompt dependent." What that essentially means is that he will look at me for a prompt, like, "what do you do next?" I do that one a lot. Dominic has been going to a private speech therapist for over ten years and she reminds me often that Dominic usually will know the answer, if I am patient and wait for him. That has been a very hard habit to break! Dominic has an incredible memory, so I put it to the test this morning. I didn't write out the steps, I wanted to see how much he could do completely on his own. We have a customer picking up his order today, but the only thing that had been done is putting the cookies into t...
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