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Connecting with Other Parents in the Autism World

"Six degrees of separation." "It's a small world." "The autism community pays it forward." Here's the scenario: Mom of a child with autism throws a party for her son who is turning thirteen. The son invites a new friend from school to the party. The friend can't make it (she's overwhelmed by the anxiety of…

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5 Teenage Rules – Who Knew?

We recently went on a family ski trip that involved very little skiing. Mother Nature has not been well behaved, so we had no snow and conditions were not even cold enough for the snow-making machines to do their thing. So, we spent our ski trip doing a lot of alternative activities – bowling, walking,…

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Smiling it Forward™ through Headaches

This is a guest post by Tara Carlson – blogger at Dividing by Zero and mom of four way-too-active boys. The following post is sponsored by TYLENOL®. The saying goes "If mama ain't happy, ain't nobody happy." But if you happen to be a mama yourself, you know that the more accurate version is "If…