Reflections
Essays from Kristy Forbes exploring PDA, autistic experience, parenting, identity, care, systems and the ordinary moments that shape family life.
I Stopped Trying to Hold It All Together. I Let Them See Me Being Human.
Aug 09, 2026
For years I thought good parenting meant staying calm on the outside no matter what I was carrying underneath.
I got that from everywhere. Hold it together. Don't let them see you rattled. Be the steady one. And I tr...