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When A Child’s Laughter Disrupts Airline Passengers…
Yesterday it wasn’t the flight attendant. It wasn’t the guy next to us who had more right to be annoyed than the rest of the plane. And it wasn’t the grumpy elderly couple that spent the flight split between bouts of criticizing each other and snoring loudly. It was the mom behind me with two…
7 Ways to Make Your Kids Feel Safer
The threats we face as a nation are real, but they shouldn’t be paralyzing. For too long, those like me in the security world have done much to get you worried -- ISIS, Zika, random gun violence, hurricanes, oh my . . . – but not much to get you ready. We’ve managed to talk…
Is My Child Depressed?
Children aren’t always going to run around and play. Sometimes, they are going to get sad. While it may be troubling to see your child experiencing sadness, this is normal and doesn’t mean your child is depressed. If the sadness lasts a long time, however, or if this sadness disrupts normal activities, your child may be depressed. If so, you can treat the condition.
Help! My Sleepless Toddler Is Breaking Me!
There was never a child so lovely but his mother was glad to get him to sleep. – Ralph Waldo EmersonI thought I had it down. Both my babies had been such perfect textbook sleepers, Harvey Karp would have been proud. Swaddle and soothe worked like a charm, as if Sleeping Beauty herself watched over their dreams.But now its payback. My children have become insomniac toddlers. Relentless. Or as my pediatrician calls it …
Home Schooling Your Child With Autism – Part 1
Should you home school a child with autism? I mentioned home schooling in my previous blog and there are arguments for and against home schooling a child with autism. Heres my argument against. Do I believe in home schooling?