​
  • Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to footer

Grown and Flown

  • Family Life
    • Middle School
      • Middle School Academics
      • Parenting Challenges
      • Puberty
    • Family Life
      • Grandparents
      • Siblings
      • Family Activities
      • Summer
      • Family Holidays/Special Occasions
      • Family Issues
      • Family Travel
      • Family Pet
      • Entertainment
      • Video Games
    • Parenting Teens
      • Empty Nest
      • Midlife
      • Friendships
      • Parent/Child Relationship
      • Parenting Advice
      • Parenting Challenges
      • LGBTQ
      • Single Parents
      • Working Parents
    • Young Adults
      • Wedding
      • Adulting
      • Career Advice
      • Relationships
      • Military
      • Trade Careers
    • Books
      • College Admissions
      • Parenting Teens
  • Parenting Teens
    • High School Graduation
    • High School Prom
    • High School Academics
    • High School Freshman Year
    • High School Junior Year
    • High School Friends
    • Community Service
    • High School Sports
    • High School Relationships
    • High School Teachers
    • Learning Differences
    • Learning to Drive
    • Mental Health
    • Physical Health
    • Social Media
    • Summer Jobs
    • Teen Boys
    • Teen Girls
  • Class of ’25
  • College Admissions
    • Paying for College
    • College Acceptances
    • College Applications
    • College Campus Visits
    • College Decisions
  • College/Off to College
    • Dorm Essentials
    • Drop-Off
    • College Parents
    • College Academics
    • College Freshman Year
    • College Junior Year
    • College Senior Year
    • College Graduation
    • College Life
    • College Relationships
    • College Sports
    • Community College
    • Holidays
    • Internships/Career
    • Mental Health
    • Physical Health
    • College Study Abroad
    • Drop Out College
    • College Housing
  • Gift Guides
    • Holidays
    • College Care Packages
    • Birthday
    • Stuff We Love
    • Graduation Gifts
    • Dorm Shopping
  • Join College Admissions
  • About Us
    • Partner with Us
    • Write for Us
    • In the News
    • Our Team
    • Our Experts
    • Our Writers
  • Our Newsletter
  • Our Book
  • Sign In +

Eileen FloodOConnor

Eileen Flood O’Connor is a writer and mother of four, the oldest of whom has an autism spectrum disorder. She writes often about parenting and the joys and challenges of raising a special needs child alongside three ‘lively’ boys. Find her at Eileen Flood O’Connor

Recent Articles by Eileen

High School Senior Year

A Message to Our High School Seniors, Let’s Focus on Today

Family Holidays/Special Occasions

Sometimes It’s Okay to Find Your Holiday Joy In the Small Things

mom and son - Connor

Learning Differences

My Daughter With Autism Helps Me Understand My Son’s Leaving

autistic girl with therapy dog

Parenting

How a Special Dog Helped My Daughter With Autism

Parenting Challenges

Years of “Magical Thinking” About Special Needs Daughter Are Over

woman thinking

Parenting Challenges

I Had a Head Start In the “I Wasn’t Ready For This” Department

group of teens holding hands

Parenting Advice

We Need to Never Stop Teaching Our Teens Lessons of Empathy

Grandparents

Fathers and Children: Loss, Connection and the True Meaning of Love

Mom of teen daughter with cancer writes about her daughter's illness and treatment.

Learning Differences

I’ve Never Been More Aware That I Have a Child With Autism

teen athletes on the bench

Parenting Teens in High School

To All the Kids Who Warm the Bench, This Is for You

Christmas tree decorating

Family Holidays/Special Occasions

Why This Mom Will Celebrate the Ordinary Moments This Holiday Season

Footer

  • Parenting
  • Parenting Teens in High School
  • College/Off to College
  • Family Life
  • Empty Nest
  • About Grown & Flown®
  • Grown & Flown® Book
  • In the News
  • Our Team
  • Write for Us
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Pinterest
  • Instagram

Copyright © 2025 Grown and Flown®. All Rights Reserved.

Privacy Policy

An Elite Cafemedia Family & Parenting Publisher

Back to top