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How to Handle Hormone Hell During Pregnancy
So many mothers-to-be have told me just how unprepared they were for the emotional side of pregnancy. The physical effects were obvious enough, but apparently not everyone knew that the crazy hormone cocktail the pregnant body is continually swilling can momentarily propel even the most relaxed, jovial mommy-to-be into …
Five Talking Points About Domestic Violence From The Hope Solo Case
Hope Solo made sports headlines again over the past two weeks, as the world’s finest goalkeeper played a critical role in the USA’s third Women’s World Cup soccer title. The 33-year-old Solo is a hero to millions of young girls, and perhaps as many young boys. In June 2014, however, Hope Solo was arrested in…
How To Help Prevent Child Sexual Abuse
The following is a guest post by Kimberly King, author of the children’s book, I SAID NO!
Explaining Bruce Jenner and Transgender To Kids
Before last Friday night, only 8% of Americans knew someone who was transgender – whose gender identity does not match the sex he or she was born with. Today, an additional 16.8 million people who watched Diane Sawyer’s groundbreaking ABC interview with Olympian Bruce Jenner know someone who is transgender: Jenner himself. Jenner spent nearly two…
An Update on the IEP Procedure
This blog is a follow-up to an earlier blog (from this year) that discussed signing your IEP document. The IEP meeting (one which determines the Individualized Educational Program for a child with a disability) can be a long and exhausting meeting. In this blog, Iʼm not going to go into the meeting itself, but instead…