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What’s In Your Inner Beauty Bag?

While Facebook is not the most comprehensive look at a persons life, you often learn a lot about priorities and patterns examining social media posts. Me? Youd learn that Im passionate about autism, my writing, my family and my friends. May sound like an amateur move, but I thought Id poke around the Facebook page of Felita Harris, Senior Vice President of Global Sales for Donna Karan New York, before diving …

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So Your Child Needs Speech Therapy…Now What?!

Some parents know instinctively that their child needs speech therapy- maybe its the way strangers cannot understand him or the way he struggles to get his words out. Other parents are encouraged by their childs teacher to have their little one evaluated. Sowhat do you do once your child has been evaluated and speech therapy is recommended?

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How to Talk to Your Teenager About Sex

When the topic turns to sex, many parents of adolescents balk. According to Sabrina Weill, author of “The Real Truth About Teens And Sex,” parents prepare their teenage children for driving and other major life tasks, but they often keep themselves in the dark about their teenagers’ sex lives. Parents should accept the reality that, even if their teens do not have sex, they need information about sex and sexuality. When parenting teenagers, open communication paves the way for informed, mature young adults.