This year’s spring break was active for us—especially since I have a teenager. Not that autism (for us, anyway) has everything to do with what activities we plan to do during spring break, but one thing I do like to keep in mind is to make sure my son with autism isn’t spending every free day playing video games. What did we do for spring break? Ever since I have known … [Read more...] about Spring Break with an Autistic Teenager
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How Chessy Prout Stood Up For Herself and All Victims of Rape
A 17-year-old girl named Chessy Prout is a teenage superhero. Two years ago, when she was a freshman in high school, Chessy accepted a date with a senior, an 18-year-old athlete named Owen Labrie, who was headed to Harvard in the fall. Both Labrie and Chessy Prout were students at the prestigious New England boarding school, St Paul’s. Chessy’s father and older sister had … [Read more...] about How Chessy Prout Stood Up For Herself and All Victims of Rape
7 Things I Wish I Knew Before I Had My Child With Autism
Recently, I spotted a list called "Some things I wish I knew before I had my child with autism." It was fun to read, so I decided to assemble one of my own. Here's my list of things I wish I knew before I had my child with autism: 1. There is a learning curve of human behavior. Having my child matured me in ways I never thought possible. However, it was my son’s autism … [Read more...] about 7 Things I Wish I Knew Before I Had My Child With Autism
Parenting Kids Through Divorce
2015 is proving to be the summer of the shocking celebrity divorce. Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner, Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton, Khloe and Lamar. Kourtney and Scott Disick. Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale. A celebrity divorce, like a celebrity marriage, is indisputably different from the average me-and-you divorce. The dollar signs have several more zeroes after … [Read more...] about Parenting Kids Through Divorce
What No One Tells the Bride
I just recently got engaged to my boyfriend of a year and a half. Right in front of my family and half of my graduating class, next to a campus landmark, he asked me to spend my life with him. We celebrated with my family and shared the news with his family. Then he had to go home to LA, and I had to begin the month-long process of wrapping up my college life … [Read more...] about What No One Tells the Bride