My Kids and I Are Living Our Best Lives. But We All Know the Reason This Can Never Last.

Care and Feeding Aug 19, 20261:00 PM Photo illustration by Slate. Photo by AaronAmat/iStock/Getty Images Plus. Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column. Have a question for Care and Feeding? Submit it here. Dear Care and Feeding, Three years ago, we moved to our current city for my husband’s job. We’ve ended up somewhere where a lot just clicks for us. Our 12-year-old is autistic and suddenly his IEP is more than just a piece of paper—he’s thriving in a way I’ve never seen, doing things in the mainstream classroom that previous schools insisted weren’t possible for him. I now understand that he was getting passed over more than I knew in past school programs. Our older kids are also doing well, with friendships and niche interests they haven’t had access to before. For me, it wa