The Imperfection Connection: In this very special episode, the Shut Up Sisters discuss the connections between special needs families and chat with Megan and Susan Bell, a dynamic and loving mother and daughter duo they met in their imperfect travels. Megan shares her amazing successes as a young woman living with Down syndrome and Susan provides valuable insights on the importance of letting go. This interview with Megan and Susan will warm your heart. 

Episode 5: Special needs kid and relationships: It’s complicated.

Men and women are very different. That’s especially true with how they deal with the stress that can come with raising children with disabilities. In this episode, the Shut Up Sisters welcome a highly imperfect guest (another relative) who demonstrates the differences and openly shares why raising special needs kids is not always fun and games in a marriage.

Episode 5: Special needs kid and relationships: It’s complicated.

Men and women are very different. That’s especially true with how they deal with the stress that can come with raising children with disabilities. In this episode, the Shut Up Sisters welcome a highly imperfect guest (another relative) who demonstrates the differences and openly shares why raising special needs kids is not always fun and games in a marriage.

Episode 4

To Tell or Not to Tell

Many, many, many moons ago, when the Shut Up Sisters were just young imperfect lasses, people didn’t talk openly about disabilities. Today, that’s changed as more and more people are openly sharing to educate others and connect. In this very telling episode, Patty and Gina sit down with Gina’s daughter Katie, who candidly recounts her journey with autism – from childhood to adulthood.

Ep 3:  Let 'em Fly

Letting go of their children is a difficult process for any parent, but when you have a special needs child, it can seem impossible. In this imperfect-eyebrow raising episode, the sisters give you a view from 10,000 feet (literally) of how they learned to go out of their comfort zones and let their adult children fly.    

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Ep 2:  5 Most Important Lessons

Though they no longer have their wisdom teeth, the Shut Up Sisters have accumulated years of wisdom raising their special needs children to adulthood. In this episode, they share the 5 most important lessons for special needs parents as well as other imperfect tales that will have you laughing and rejoicing with the fact that you are not them.

Ep 3:  Let 'em Fly

Letting go of their children is a difficult process for any parent, but when you have a special needs child, it can seem impossible. In this imperfect-eyebrow raising episode, the sisters give you a view from 10,000 feet (literally) of how they learned to go out of their comfort zones and let their adult children fly.    

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Episode 1: Introduction

Meet Imperfect sisters/mothers/daughters/housewives /blah/blah/blah, Patty Terrasi and Gina Gallagher, authors of the best-selling parenting book, “Shut Up About Your Kid: A Survival Guide for Ordinary Parents of Special Children.” In their podcast debut (they have faces for audio), the “Shut Up Sisters” introduce The Movement of Imperfection and invite parents from around the globe to laugh, connect, brag, and share the joys and milestones of raising imperfect kids on a perfection-pre-occupied planet.