To ensure your child feels safe and supported, you should ensure there is an adult or several adults on hand at all times. This could mean you and your partner supervise her at home, making sure one parent is always present in the room with her. Or, during an extracurricular class, you should make sure that one adult is interacting directly with the child and other adults are supervising other child in the class. This will ensure your child is not at risk of getting hurt or getting into a situation where she might be uncomfortable or upset. You can also give your child a sense of balance and stability by reinforcing a set of rules and routines. Establish a daily routine where the child eats meals at the same time and goes to school or recreational classes on the same days of the week. Establish basic rules around behavior, such as a rule for when the child can leave the table after a meal or a rule on how to greet someone new. These rules and routines will help your child to feel secure and also work to counter any issues or problems your child may be having. You should also ask any teachers, instructors, or authority figures in the child's life about their rules. A teacher may have a classroom rule where if a child is having a behavior issue, she will call their name as a warning. You should then remind the child that is an important rule that must be followed whenever she is in the classroom. It's a good idea to always have a plan B option in your back pocket, especially if you know your child can be unpredictable or act out on occasion. If you have a certain activity planned and your child does not seem interested or engaged, make sure you have an alternate activity that you can try. This will keep you from feeling stressed and frustrated. Being flexible about your plans for your child can help you be more patient and understanding. If the child acts out in public, you may want to have your partner take the child outside or into a quiet space nearby. If you are alone with the child, you may take the child out yourself and sit with the child until she calms down. Always try to note quiet areas or spots when you are in public with the child, as you may need to access them in the event of an issue. You should also have a safe space in your house where you can leave the child alone to vent out her anger or issues. This could be her bedroom or a den that is full of objects that can help to calm her down. You may also put on soothing music or a soothing video that you know the child will respond well to. Doing self-care is an important part of being a good caretaker for a special needs child. Take a moment to focus on your needs, even if it is for a few minutes a day. Do a five minute meditation or enjoy your coffee for five minutes without interruption. Ask your partner to watch your child for an hour while you do something for you, such as going to a yoga class or taking a quiet walk. Taking a moment for yourself is key, as devoting all your energies toward your child can lead to feeling burned out and overly stressed. Treating a tense situation with humor and light heartedness can really help to bring your stress level down. This could be laughing or making a joke when your child does something strange or acts out in public. Humor can help to release stress and make you feel less frustrated with your child. You could also turn the situation around by trying to make your child laugh. One parent noted that she uses ear plugs and a white noise machine on her child to help her calm down when she has a tantrum. But sometimes, the parent puts the ear plugs in her ears, which makes the child laugh and defuses a lot of the stress and tension between them.

Summary: Make sure there is adult supervision at all times. Establish consistent rules and routines with the child. Have an alternative plan in the event of an issue or problem. Move the child to a safe space. Take a moment for yourself when necessary. Use humor to defuse a tense situation.

After three years, or two if you started the asparagus from crowns, it's time to enjoy your harvest. Cut the spears every few days using a sharp knife or scissors. As your plants produce more spears, you may have to harvest them more often. Spears are ready to be harvested when they are about 6 inches (15 cm) high, and the tips begin to loosen. Limit the first harvest to two or three weeks, picking spears every few days, and taking care not to pick too many from the same plant. Spears will come up thinner the longer you harvest. A good rule of thumb is to stop harvesting once the spears are about the size of a pencil, allowing the plant to devote energy to its root systems from then on. The following year, extend your harvest time to four or five weeks. In the succeeding years, you can extend it to six. At the end of the growing season, stop picking the spears and allow them to grow to their natural height. Keep the asparagus bed weeded, watered, and free of pests throughout the summer. In the fall, cut the fronds down and remove them from the area so no pests will overwinter in the asparagus bed.

Summary: Pick the spears. Prepare the plants for next year.

If you're logged into Facebook, doing so will open your News Feed. If you aren't logged into Facebook, enter your email address (or phone number) into the top right corner of the screen and click Log In. It should be in the upper right-hand side of the Facebook page. It's located under your Cover Photo. You'll find this option in the upper right side of the "About" page. This option appears when you hover your cursor over the phone number. The Edit button won't appear until you move your mouse cursor over the "Mobile Phones" box. It's directly below your phone number. This option is in the drop-down menu that appears. Doing so will keep your phone number on your profile so you can continue to use Facebook Messenger, but only you will be able to view it. You may have to click More Options at the bottom of the drop-down menu first to see the Only me option.

Summary: Open the Facebook website. Click on your name. Click About. Hover your cursor over the phone number. Click Edit your contact and basic info. Click Edit to the right of your phone number. Click the padlock icon. Click Only me.

Maine Coons are well-known for their friendly, relaxed personalities. They get on well with children and other pets. If this sounds like your cat, you might have a Maine Coon. Maine Coons enjoy splashing and spilling water. They're even known to splash about in toilets. If your cat seems to have a special fascination with water, and it shows other signs of being a Maine Coon, it's possible that it's a Maine Coon. Most people know that dogs are generally extroverted and faithful. Maine Coons, likewise, are renowned for their reliable and outgoing behavior. If your cat greets you in the morning and when you arrive at home, it might be a Maine Coon. Another way to identify a Maine Coon is to get a genetic test. This involves a vet or other medical professional taking a DNA sample from your cat. Typically, this is done by swabbing the inside of your cat's cheek for skin cells, drawing a vial of blood, or clipping a bit of its fur. The vet will then use this biological sample to compare your cat's genome against known Maine Coon DNA and look for a match. Genetic tests are about 90% accurate. Maine Coons typically have good health. However, they are susceptible to two conditions. One is hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), a condition that causes the walls of the heart to thicken. The other condition is feline hip dysplasia, which is caused when Maine Coons' hips don't form properly and results in pain and arthritis. The breeder you obtain your Maine Coon from should screen for HCM before you purchase it. Because Maine Coons are naturally large, there is little you can do to prevent hip dysplasia. Your vet will help you treat your cat should it develop this condition.
Summary: Look for a friendly demeanor. Check for a love of water. Look for "dog-like" behaviors. Get a genetic test. Monitor the cat's health.