Showdown At High Moon: Queen Takes a Stand

Showdown At High Moon: Queen Takes a Stand (April 2, 2020)

New book available for review explores the mind of one little girl with autism who fights to avoid bedtime.

Queen Bean is not going to put up with bedtime anymore! It's too scary and it's time for things to change. But when that time comes around, things don't go quite as planned. With the moon high and time running out Queen faces off with a little “Mommy Magic.” Although Showdown At High Moon is about bedtime on the surface, there is so much more depth to it. Often times parents well-meaning, get caught up in the schedule and pressures of life and instead of engaging and staying checked in with our kids, we rush them around and push for conformance. With her own experience author Terah Boyd was so frustrated by Queen’s behavior at bedtime, that she failed to see until much later, that she was not neurotypical, but a neuro-diverse child. When Queen was finally diagnosed with Autism, all the pieces began to come together and as a mother, Boyd could certainly see where she missed it. Showdown At High Moon serves as a great tool for any child at bedtime, but it also reaches out to those with special needs. And it’s a great reminder to parents to not just be there but to be present, to engage and to refute outside pressures or expectations from getting in; so we can properly parent. 

Terah Boyd is an Autism Awareness Ambassador, Psalmist/ Inspirational Speaker, singer and author. Two of her three children are on the Autism spectrum, and her daughter is also neuro-diverse.