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Thinking Ahead about Autism

Thinking Ahead about Autism   What do I mean? I’m talking about planning. Planning because you have a child with autism. This is more than planning for an event or a trip because you just have kids. I mean to take it one step further because you need to think a little more about your…

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Rethinking Family Vacations

“Vacation is just me washing dishes and doing laundry in a different place,” my mom used to joke to the four of us kids during summer vacations. We took a lot of family trips. My mother was a teacher, so she had the summers free from her paid job; she drove us 10 hours from…

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When Should Teens Start Thinking About College?

How early is too early to start thinking about college? The answer: It is never too early. Typically, educators throughout the United States tend to place the most emphasis of the college search and application process during a students junior and/or senior year of high school. But with colleges becoming more and more competitive and expensive, the reality is that families need to be thinking about college much earlier than the latter two year of high school.

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My Mommy Mantra: What Were You Thinking?

Lately I feel as if not a single day goes by that I dont say to at least one of my children, What were you thinking? I swear it feels as if it is my mantra – in a one week period I found myself saying it at least once to each of my children.