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Full Name

Jana Banin

Website

http://ihateyourkids.tumblr.com/

Bio

Jana Banin is a freelance magazine writer and blogger. Her work has appeared in Parents, Time Out New York Kids, Ladies’ Home Journal, Parenting, Babytalk, Marie Claire, and other publications. Before writing mostly about little kids she wrote mostly about teenagers, working as an editor at both ym and Seventeen magazines. Jana lives in Brooklyn with her husband and three kids. She is currently writing a memoir about raising a child with autism.

Posts by Jana Banin:

• Mar 14 2013
  How I Prepare My Autistic Son for Passover

  Every year around this time I come down with an acute form of memory loss. I call it Passover Brain. With just two weeks to go before the first Seder, the panic sets in and suddenly it’s as if I’m … Continue reading →

 

• Sep 20 2012
  Nine Apologies to My Autistic Son

  The upside of your autistic 9-year-old making crazy massive gains? Obvious, I hope. The downside? Realizing that one day in the not-so-distant future, when he’s made even more progress, you might get called out on all the crap you said … Continue reading →

 

• Jun 25 2012
  Do All Our Kids Really Need to Feel Like Winners?

  On the last day of his after-school tennis program, my 6-year-old came home with a trophy. “Wow Zack, I’m so proud of you!” I said. “Why? Everyone got one.” His blasé tone shifted immediately and somewhat manically to intense excitement. … Continue reading →

 

• Apr 6 2012
  Autism, Passover, and Spring Cleaning

  Raising a child with autism comes with a lot of crap. I’m not talking about the stares from strangers or the battles with insurance companies and school boards. The crap I speak of today is of the tangible, dust-collecting variety.

 

• Mar 1 2012
  I Just Got Dumped

  I was recently dumped. It’s the first time in years I’ve gone through a breakup, but it turns out I’m handling it exactly the same way I would have back in the day.

 

• Jan 27 2012
  Friday Night: All Florida-Bashing Ceases on Shabbat

  Luckily for those obligated to listen to me, though, there is one 25-hour period each week when I cease all Florida bashing. See, on Shabbat, I kind of love it here.

 

• Dec 27 2011
  Hanukkah, Autism, and Captain America

  My son Zack was 2 when his big brother noticed him for the first time.

 

• Dec 23 2011
  My Son Bit Me

  The minute I walked into my son Zack’s school Hanukkah party I began tallying the ways in which it was poorly suited for an autistic kid.

 

• Sep 28 2011
  A Sweet & Messy New Year

  I’ve been thinking a lot about Rosh Hashanah during the last couple of weeks. First, in an out-of-character burst of preparedness, I made and froze a kugel and a tray of oatmeal date bars. Then, in an out-of-character burst of … Continue reading →

 

• Sep 13 2011
  A Special Uniform for my Special Needs Son

  We recently moved to Florida from Brooklyn. I grew up down here, so coming back shouldn’t feel like such a major adjustment. But it does, and I’m guessing that’s because all of my parenting experience up until now has been … Continue reading →

 

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