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How to Identify and Treat Pinworms
This post is in partnership with Reese’s Pinworm. How much do you know about pinworms? Pinworms are kind of an icky subject and not frequently discussed, but are without a doubt necessary to know about, especially if you have children heading off to school this year. So what are they anyway? Pinworms are contagious intestinal…
Night Frights: 10 Ways to Help Kids With Nightmares
What do you do when your little one has scary dreams? There are two issues to examine when trying to help a child who’s suffering from nightmares: What to do during the nightmare, or just after the child awakens from one What to do in the child’s daily life, before and after sleeptime, to help keep the bad dreams away. Another way to say this is: there’s crisis management and then there’s crisis prevention. First, let’s talk about how to manage a child’s nightmare in the moment. 1. First, what NOT to do.
Why it is important to do well in school?
These days, many women are preparing to return to school or send a child off to a university. Whether you're learning more about the field of education for yourself or someone you love, it's important to recognize that academic performance is very important. To learn more about why doing well in school is a goal…
Changed By A Child
It has only taken me thirteen years to write anything about our story. I can honestly say that I have perseverated about it endlessly, even thought about writing a book but I was always afraid I would end up like Jack Nicholson’s character on the “Shining,” you know, the one that locks himself in a…
Don’t Lump My Son In With Mass Murderers
Another mass shooting. This time, in my own backyard. I can be in Santa Barbara in under two hours. I have a writers retreat there in June. It?s gorgeous, idyllic, peaceful, and a college town. With mass shootings on our minds yet again, families with people on the autism spectrum are again having to ask the general population to not label our kids. Here?s an example (post-the latest shooting): One headline in particular angered me …