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Protecting Kids From Sexual Abuse

As mothers, we often teach our young children about Stranger Danger and how to deal with the creepy man down the street. We instruct them on how to react to the man in the car who offers them candy or what to say to the person on the other end of the phone asking if their mommy or daddy is home.

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The Arts and Children with Autism

My son interest in music has been hit or miss. He liked listening to songs a few years ago, but then it went away. It's came back last summer as we were on a driving trip. He has never really been drawn to musical instruments. Why are musical instruments sometimes hard for our kids? In…

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Behold The Magic of The Six M’s

The following is a guest post by Jeff Lantos, a 5th grade teacher at Marquez Elementary School. This week my fellow teachers and I will greet our new students and begin implementing the lessons we’ve outlined in our plan-books.  Most of these lessons will focus on math and language arts.  In fact, most mornings will…

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Six Steps to Family Bliss? Not.

Like a lot of people these days, I get much of my news – important global events and inane personal updates – via Facebook. Ditto for entertainment. Sometimes unintentional entertainment. This past week, a mom I know sent me a very helpful item about how to have a happy family. It was useful because I…