Tag: education
Five High School Hacks
But what if you fly? My daughter is the nervous type. The nervous type with a special education diagnosis, sees a therapist, and, honestly,...
Preparing Your Child for a Successful Back-to-School Transition
Summer is filled with lots of fun, rest, and relaxation. This often means staying up later than usual, waking up later than expected, and...
Finding Myself In The Library
As a child, I loved to read. I read so much and so fast that my mother used to say I “ate books.” I...
26 Picture Books, Loved by a Mom and Her Four-Year-Old
I have always loved taking my children to the library.
I have vivid memories of stuffing the storage basket of my stroller with dozens of...
Teaching My 16-Year-Old How to Drive in CT
When my daughter turned 16 and got her learner’s permit, I knew it would be life-changing for all of us, but in reality, I...
Children Are Like Kites
My middle daughter just graduated from PreK. It was an experience I had already been through with my oldest, but for some reason, this...
Helping Kids Embrace Summer Reading
Ah, the sun-kissed days of summer! It’s a nice time for kids to bask in the freedom from school routines and homework and appreciate...
Our Family’s YouTube Detox: Reading the Classics
It was a brilliant Saturday morning, the sun shining, the air warm—just the type of day my kids loved for playing outside. Yet instead...
It’s Not Him, It’s Us: Celebrating World Autism Month
Disabled. If you had asked me twenty years ago what that word meant it would have conjured up the vision of someone in a...
How (Not) to Teach Your Baby Sign Language
When my daughter was six months old, I began to introduce some baby signs to her. I picked a handful of words that I...