Question of the Day: Typing skills
Wednesday November 30, 2005
When I was growing up, I don't think I had to start typing reports until late high school, maybe even college. These days, though, with computers in every classroom and ... Read More
Light, rugged, and less distracting than a loaded-up laptop
Wednesday November 30, 2005
Weighing in at just two pounds but able to store 100 pages of type in its eight files, the AlphaSmart 3000 is one of my favorite pieces of technology. Rugged ... Read More
Communication device saves the day in Macy's parade accident
Wednesday November 30, 2005
Assistive technology can be a lifesaver to those who need it, but rarely to this degree: When an M&M balloon knocked a light pole into two sisters at the Macy's ... Read More
Site of the Day: Wednesday, November 30 SparkTop.org
Wednesday November 30, 2005
Kids with learning disabilities need an accepting community to hang out in, low-stress opportunities to be creative, recognition for their unique talents and strengths, information on why they may struggle ... Read More
Question of the Day: Kids and malls
Tuesday November 29, 2005
Today's Holiday Survival Kit addition gave tips for taking kids to the mall, if you're fool enough to try. My kids have settle down some now, but there was a ... Read More
Before you take your child to the mall (you crazy fool)
Tuesday November 29, 2005
If you've ever tried to get some shopping done with a screaming child, a raging headache, and every eye in the place on you, a trip to the mall with ... Read More
Mental disorders in the very young
Tuesday November 29, 2005
Is your toddler depressed? Anxious? Disruptive to a degree that might require psychotherapy and medication? A recent study suggests that children as young as 2 or 3 may already be ... Read More
Site of the Day: Tuesday, November 29 Box4Blox
Tuesday November 29, 2005
Here's a gift for your child that's really a gift for you: a colorful plastic box that not only holds but also sorts all your child's Lego and other interlocking ... Read More
Question of the Day: Discipline takeover
Monday November 28, 2005
An entry in one of my favorite parenting blogs, Blogging Baby, touched on one of my big pet peeves today: people who discipline your children right in front of you. ... Read More
Safe shopping for kids with latex allergies
Monday November 28, 2005
Koosh balls are out. So are stretchy toys, pencil erasers, and certain children's paints. But dolls might or might not be okay. Balls might or might not be okay. Does ... Read More
Disabilities without pity
Monday November 28, 2005
Interested in the portrayal of people with disabilities on TV? There's a good discussion taking place on the Television Without Pity site, in a forum called "Magical Cripples and their ... Read More
Site of the Day: Monday, November 28 Aaron's Tracheostomy Page
Monday November 28, 2005
A comprehensive resource highlighted by the picture of a cute little guy grinning from the top of the screen, Aaron's Tracheostomy Page is actually quite a lot of pages written ... Read More
Question of the Day: Big dreams
Sunday November 27, 2005
Today's Holiday Survival Kit addition listed some useful gifts loving friends and family members could give to parents of children with special needs to make their lives a little easier ... Read More
Your Sunday Quiz Break: Week ending November 26
Sunday November 27, 2005
The weekly quiz has been updated to feature questions from the last week of entries in this Parenting Special Needs weblog. Can you remember the answer to this one?
What did ... Read More
Gifts you'll be relieved to get
Sunday November 27, 2005
They say the best things in life are free, and you also don't have to find a place to put them away when you're cleaning up after the holidays. If ... Read More
Getting your child's asthma under control
Sunday November 27, 2005
Is your child's asthma controlled as well as it could be? How frequently is his exercise or sleep disturbed by asthma symptoms? Does she cough a lot due to her ... Read More
Site of the Day: Sunday, November 27 How to Help Cancer Families
Sunday November 27, 2005
Maybe you want to offer help to the family of a child with cancer, or maybe you want to offer some hints as to how other people could help you ... Read More
Question of the Day: Antidepressants
Saturday November 26, 2005
A recent study of U.S. health statistics for the years 1995-2002 found that antidepressant use among children and teens more than doubled over those years, with a tendency to use ... Read More
Good gifts for your little chef
Saturday November 26, 2005
If the illustrated recipe for Jim's Apple Pie, or a little little-person help around the kitchen during this week's cooking marathon, got you thinking about cooking with your child, consider ... Read More
Kiss may have been fatal to peanut-allergic teen
Saturday November 26, 2005
Here's something else for parents of children with peanut allergies to worry about. Bad enough that using a utensil that's touched peanut butter or sitting at a cafeteria table where ... Read More
Site of the Day: Saturday, November 26 Time Warp Trio
Saturday November 26, 2005
The Time Warp Trio series of chapter books for children combine history and irreverence in an easy-to-follow format, complete with illustrations and wisecracks, that reluctant readers may find appealing. The ... Read More
Question of the Day: Thanksgiving wrap-up
Friday November 25, 2005
After this, I promise, no more Thanksgiving content until next year. But with all the turkey day questions that have gone before, it seems only fair to ask: So how ... Read More
Pediatricians and information overload
Friday November 25, 2005
Do you feel like pediatricians or specialists give you too much information? It's not unusual for parents of children with special needs to feel overwhelmed by the rattling off of ... Read More
Gifts for children with ADD/ADHD
Friday November 25, 2005
More gift ideas for this shopping extravaganza day: Eileen Bailey, the About.com guide to Attention Deficit Disorder, has an article on "Tips and Suggestions For Buying Gifts For Children With ... Read More
Site of the Day: Friday, November 25 Exceptional Parent Toys
Friday November 25, 2005
Are you heading out for Black Friday shopping today? (Or maybe, given the early shopping hours, you've already been.) Whether you're girding to fight the crowds or have resolved to ... Read More
Question of the Day: Assess your stress
Thursday November 24, 2005
Take a moment now out of your crazy busy day, get out the old stress thermometer, and assess your level of doneness. What's your stress temperature today?
1) Frozen
2) Thawed
3) Cool ... Read More
More encouraging commentary on Shaffer v. Weast
Thursday November 24, 2005
The Special Education Law Blog has weighed in on the Supreme Court's decision in Shaffer v. Weast, which determined that the party bringing a special education dispute into court should ... Read More
Have a safe holiday
Thursday November 24, 2005
The behavioral challenges of the holidays may be uppermost in our mind this time of year, but there can be real health and safety concerns amid all the merriment as ... Read More
Site of the Day: Thursday, November 24 Relatives Say the Darnedest Things
Thursday November 24, 2005
Can't believe what your mother-in-law just said to you? Reeling from your sister's snippy comments? Ready to thrash the family know-it-all? If your kids and your parenting are under attack ... Read More
Question of the Day: Cooking with kids
Wednesday November 23, 2005
Cooking with your child can be a great opportunity to teach practical lessons about measurements, fractions, chemistry and nutrition. It can create some positive together time with a tangible, delicious ... Read More
Baking with your child is easy as pie
Wednesday November 23, 2005
One of the nice features of "Breaking Bread, Nourishing Connections: People with and without Disabilities Together at Mealtime" by Karin Melberg Schwier & Erin Schwier Stewart is an appendix of ... Read More
Make it through Thanksgiving without feeling like a turkey
Wednesday November 23, 2005
Are you ready for tomorrow's annual Day of Stress and Thanksgiving? Forget about the food and the decorations and the place settings and the oven temperatures for a few minutes ... Read More
Site of the Day: Wednesday, November 23 Thanksgiving Games
Wednesday November 23, 2005
Get ready for a houseful of children tomorrow or occupy the ones who are home from school today with a list of online and printable Thanksgiving games from the About.com ... Read More
Question of the Day: Your child's holiday challenge
Tuesday November 22, 2005
Yesterday's question asked what you dread most about Thanksgiving. But what about your child? Kids may look forward to seeing family members, but they may worry about the weird food ... Read More
Nourishing connections at mealtime
Tuesday November 22, 2005
"Breaking Bread, Nourishing Connections: People with and without Disabilities Together at Mealtime" by Karin Melberg Schwier & Erin Schwier Stewart is a book with particular significance at this time of ... Read More
The trouble with genetic testing
Tuesday November 22, 2005
What does the new test that detects Down syndrome in the first trimester mean to families who already have children with the genetic disorder? Some parents and advocates for the ... Read More
Site of the Day: Tuesday, November 22 A Child's Thanksgiving Tree
Tuesday November 22, 2005
Having children help with decorations is a great way to get them invested in a happy holiday get-together, and occupy them for a while as well. About.com's Stay-at-Home Parents site ... Read More
Question of the Day: Thanksgiving dread
Monday November 21, 2005
Oh, dear, it's almost here. Thanksgiving is this Thursday, and maybe it will be a wonderful day for family love and affirmation, in which your child is embraced despite of ... Read More
Autism and face value
Monday November 21, 2005
Do children with autism have trouble reading emotion because the part of the brain that "sees" faces doesn't work as well for them? It's long been supposed so, but a ... Read More
Less-sweet sweet potatoes
Monday November 21, 2005
Canned sweet potatoes loaded up with brown sugar and topped with a thick layer of melted marshmallows ... it's a Thanksgiving dream for a lot of people, but a nightmare ... Read More
Site of the Day: Monday, November 21 Little League Challenger Division
Monday November 21, 2005
Children with special needs often struggle to find a place for themselves in organized sports in their communities. Little League Baseball gives them a hand with the Challenger Division, offering ... Read More
Question of the Day: Messy rooms
Sunday November 20, 2005
Helping children keep their rooms neat is an issue for most parents, but parents of children with special needs have an extra stake in it: Kids who don't have the ... Read More
Your Sunday Quiz Break: Week ending November 19
Sunday November 20, 2005
The weekly quiz has been updated to feature questions from the last week of entries in this Parenting Special Needs weblog. Can you remember the answer to this one?
What did ... Read More
Gifts for children who use sign language
Sunday November 20, 2005
Whether your child uses sign language due to hearing impairment, autism, other developmental needs, or just for fun, gifts that display hands making ASL signs will be a hit. Today's ... Read More
Site of the Day: Sunday, November 20 Children's Book Council Store
Sunday November 20, 2005
Looking for some beautiful and unusual artwork to bedeck the walls of your child's room and inspire a love for reading? Take a look at the posters and other wall ... Read More
Question of the Day: Book clubs
Saturday November 19, 2005
I belong to a mail-order book club that offers speech-and-language books to speech therapists and other interested parties. I've received a lot of good and useful material from it ... ... Read More
Online holiday wish lists
Saturday November 19, 2005
It's not even Thanksgiving yet, and already I have friends and relatives breathing down my neck wanting to know what my kids want for Christmas. I'm glad they're asking, because ... Read More
More on the Supreme Court's special-ed decision
Saturday November 19, 2005
The Supreme Court's recent decision in Schaffer v. Weast placing the burden of proof in special education disputes on the party bringing the case to court -- usually the parents ... Read More
Is Tamiflu safe for children?
Saturday November 19, 2005
Tamiflu, the drug being touted as the best defense against a flu epidemic, has been the subject of some concern due to the deaths of a dozen Japanese children taking ... Read More
Site of the Day: Saturday, November 19 Loganberry Books Book Club
Saturday November 19, 2005
There are certainly plenty of book clubs out there that want to send you shiny new titles in the mail every month. You may have struggled with the constant demand ... Read More
Question of the Day: School progress report
Friday November 18, 2005
The first quarter just ended at my children's middle school, making this a good time to stop and see how things are going. Since the first 10 weeks of school ... Read More
"Murderball" among 15 documentaries to be considered for Oscar nomination
Friday November 18, 2005
Can a bunch of tough guys in wheelchairs overrun cute penguins and kid dancers? That may be the question put before Oscar voters, as "Murderball," an R-rated documentary on quadriplegic ... Read More
Calendars for special-needs awareness
Friday November 18, 2005
A new calendar to start off the New Year is a great gift for family members, but how much better if it celebrates children with special needs, raises awareness, and ... Read More
Site of the Day: Friday, November 18 Reading Checklists
Friday November 18, 2005
What should your child be reading by age 4? How can you tell if she's having a problem at age 6? Is he really struggling at age 8? Reading milestones ... Read More
Question of the Day: Spanking
Thursday November 17, 2005
Disciplining children with special needs can be tricky, especially if they won't listen to reason, won't be motivated by behavior charts, won't respond to bribes or threats, won't stop won't ... Read More
Does Tim Burton have Asperger's?
Thursday November 17, 2005
Looking for celebrity role models for your child with Asperger syndrome? You may have another one to add to the list: Actress Helena Bonham Carter reports in an interview that, ... Read More
Gifts for children with cancer
Thursday November 17, 2005
"Leukemia may bite ... but I bite back!!!!" That playful message, along with a photo of a toy dinosaur, bedecks one of the T-shirts on the list of "Gifts for ... Read More
Site of the Day: Thursday, November 17 ASL Pro.com
Thursday November 17, 2005
Whether you're trying to learn sign language, attempting to communicate with someone who does, or are just fascinated by the subject, ASL Pro.com is a place you're going to spend ... Read More
Eating at home is better for everyone
Wednesday November 16, 2005
Do you dine out often with your kids? Parents of children with special needs, especially those that involve behavior problems, may actively avoid situations where their children will be asked ... Read More
Question of the Day: Smoking
Wednesday November 16, 2005
In the spirit of today's Site of the Day and tomorrow's Great American Smokeout, it seems like a good time to ask: Do you smoke? On the one hand, the ... Read More
Dairy-free mashed potatoes
Wednesday November 16, 2005
Mashed potatoes are a favorite kid food, and one element of a Thanksgiving dinner that children will reliably eat. But what if your little one can't tolerate milk? Try a ... Read More
Site of the Day: Wednesday, November 16 Great American Smokeout
Wednesday November 16, 2005
Tomorrow is the Great American Smokeout, and the American Cancer Society has tools and tales to help you kick the habit if smoking is something you just can't seem to ... Read More
Avoiding holiday dress-up disaster
Tuesday November 15, 2005
You want your child to look absolutely adorable for family gatherings and photos, but how can you do that when all he'll agree to wear is a pair of sweats? ... Read More
Special education dispute decided in Supreme Court
Tuesday November 15, 2005
"Supreme Court Rules Against Special-Ed Parents!" blare the headlines. It's enough to make you look over your shoulder to see if the feds are coming to nab you now, if ... Read More
Question of the Day: Doctor relations
Tuesday November 15, 2005
Recent news stories, like yesterday's report on PTSD in the parents of children with cancer and the ongoing saga of the Wernecke family, have made me wonder whether doctors focus ... Read More
Site of the Day: Tuesday, November 15
Tuesday November 15, 2005
The Quilt for Life sponsored by Children with Diabetes offers a way to honor a family member with diabetes, contribute to a visual representation of the number of people waiting ... Read More
Gifts for Children with Diabetes
Monday November 14, 2005
Children with diabetes need a certain amount of gear to stay safe and healthy, but that doesn't mean they can't have a little fun with it. Kid-oriented accessories like colorful ... Read More
PTSD from parenting a seriously ill child
Monday November 14, 2005
If there ever was doubt that having a seriously ill child can have serious repercussions for parents' mental health, this study should put it to rest: Researchers
at the Children's ... Read More
Question of the Day: Thanksgiving plans
Monday November 14, 2005
Thanksgiving is coming up next week, and that means relatives coming to my house, china to dust off, seldom-used recipes to review, a tablecloth with no coffee stains to hunt ... Read More
Site of the Day: Monday, November 14
Monday November 14, 2005
You could hardly find a more inspirational way to start your week than by visiting Yvonne Singer's World. "Hello, my name is Yvonne!" begins the welcoming message. "I am here ... Read More
Your Sunday Quiz Break: Week of November 6-12
Sunday November 13, 2005
The weekly quiz has been updated to feature questions from the last week of entries in this Parenting Special Needs weblog. Can you remember the answer to this one?
Actress Keira ... Read More
Set up an online family holiday HQ
Sunday November 13, 2005
Weblogs are all the rage for personal expression and grassroots journalism, but they can also be a great tool for organizing family events and getting information or instructions or photos ... Read More
Question of the Day: Trampolines
Sunday November 13, 2005
The good news is that trampolines are great therapeutic tools for kids with sensory integration problems or hyperactivity. There's nothing like them for giving good strong proprioceptive input and burning ... Read More
Site of the Day: Sunday, November 13
Sunday November 13, 2005
Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa is a genetic disorder that causes severe and persistent blistering of the skin. DebRA, an organization formed more than 20 years ago, seeks to spread information about ... Read More
Call for help on the forum
Saturday November 12, 2005
Do you have a story to tell about speech and language problems and your child? A journalist who is also the mother of two special-needs kids has posted on the ... Read More
Question of the Day: Lost child
Saturday November 12, 2005
It happened once with my daughter: We were in a clothing store with a kid's play tunnel. She came out of it, didn't see me, and wandered out into the ... Read More
Gifts for kids in wheelchairs
Saturday November 12, 2005
A jacket that fastens in the back but has a zipper in front, too, so it looks like everyone else's. Clamp-on holders for cell phones or soda cans. Cozy snowsuits ... Read More
Site of the Day: Saturday, November 12
Saturday November 12, 2005
Do some of your worst nightmares feature your child getting lost and not being able to tell anybody who he is, where he lives, and what medical help he's going ... Read More
Eye-movement test for FASD shows promise
Friday November 11, 2005
Parents raising children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder have long been frustrated with the difficulty of getting a diagnosis. In cases where the child doesn't have obvious facial features or ... Read More
Question of the Day: Viewing "Harry"
Friday November 11, 2005
When the new Harry Potter movie opens a week from today, my family will not be among those lining up at the multiplex. Neither of my kids has shown any ... Read More
Holiday eCards save time and stress
Friday November 11, 2005
Would you like to get one of your holiday chores done, now, with a few spare minutes and a touch of a button? Consider sending Christmas eCards to your family ... Read More
Site of the Day: Friday, November 11
Friday November 11, 2005
With "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" set to be released a week from now, the news is once again full of heavy-duty promotion of the boy wizard and ... Read More
Ritalin for autism?
Thursday November 10, 2005
Long the drug of choice for ADHD, Ritalin may now become a common prescription for kids with autism spectrum disorders. Researchers at the Indiana University School of Medicine found that ... Read More
The Nightmare That Is Holiday Shopping
Thursday November 10, 2005
Food allergy alert shirts
Thursday November 10, 2005
You need people to know right away that your child has a food allergy, and shouldn't be given certain foods. At school, you can advise the teacher and other personnel, ... Read More
Site of the Day: Thursday, November 10
Thursday November 10, 2005
This site has no connection at all to parenting special needs, except that if chasing your kids around and handling their problems 24/7 leaves you no time to wander the ... Read More
Nominate a child for a "Yes I Can!" award
Wednesday November 9, 2005
Children with special needs may not have as many chances for recognition in their schools and communities as their non-disabled peers. They may not get an equal share of athletic ... Read More
Gluten-free turkey stuffing
Wednesday November 9, 2005
Turkey with stuffing is a Thanksgiving tradition, but if your child has a wheat allergy, Celiac disease, or a GFCF diet, out-of-the-bag bread crumbs are out-of-the-question. What do you put ... Read More
Question of the Day: Hot topic
Wednesday November 9, 2005
Sexuality and children with special needs has been the subject of a review in the Harried Parent's Book Club, a recent forum question, and today's Site of the Day. Knowing ... Read More
Site of the Day: Wednesday, November 9
Wednesday November 9, 2005
Not so much a great site but a great idea in its very earliest stages, the CARD SexualHealth List is an e-mail support group for autistic people and their families ... Read More
Horses make good therapists
Tuesday November 8, 2005
Horseback riding in a supervised setting can be great therapy for children with special needs. My son does therapeutic horseback riding to work on the low muscle tone and hyperactivity ... Read More
Actress discusses dyslexia
Tuesday November 8, 2005
If your child has learning disabilities, you might want to mention that actress Keira Knightley, currently starring in an adaptation of the very literary "Pride and Prejudice," has talked in ... Read More
Question of the Day: Shoe-tying
Tuesday November 8, 2005
If you ask my son's second-grade teacher, she'll tell you that he learned how to tie his shoes that year in her class. But that's the only place he learned ... Read More
When guests show up, does your child melt down?
Tuesday November 8, 2005
"Special-Needs Kids and Special Occasions," a favorite article in the Holiday Survival Kit, offers plenty of suggestions on how to make it through those trips over the river and through ... Read More
Site of the Day: Tuesday, November 8
Tuesday November 8, 2005
With the popularity of Velcro sneakers and slip-ons, shoe-tying is becoming less of a necessary nuisance for fine-motor-challenged kids and their frustrated parents. But if you're determined to teach your ... Read More
Documentary depicts children's lives with Tourette syndrome
Monday November 7, 2005
You'll have to get the HBO Family channel to catch the premier next week of "I Have Tourette's But Tourette's Doesn't Have Me," a half-hour documentary featuring children ages 6-13 ... Read More
Question of the Day: School transportation
Monday November 7, 2005
Getting kids ready for school in the morning can be a challenge -- making sure homework's in backpacks and clothes are clean and shoes are tied and on the right ... Read More
Hate holiday pageants? Here's help!
Monday November 7, 2005
Last Sunday, a Question of the Day addressed one of my least-favorite aspects of the holiday season: the mandatory school program, bane of children who can't stand still and pay ... Read More
Site of the Day: Monday, November 7
Monday November 7, 2005
Looking at developmental charts and comparing your baby's progress to others can be a singularly depressing experience for parents of children with special needs, diagnosed or suspected. But for the ... Read More
Your Sunday Quiz Break: Week of October 30
Sunday November 6, 2005
The weekly quiz has been updated to feature questions from the last week of entries in this Parenting Special Needs weblog. Can you remember the answer to this one?
What did ... Read More
Question of the Day: Homework helpers
Sunday November 6, 2005
Should you be doing homework right now? Sunday's often the day those weekend assignments get remembered, and kids with learning disabilities and other homework-hindering problems turn to their greatest resource ... Read More
Outspoken gifts for young people with autism
Sunday November 6, 2005
"Autism Rocks." "I Stim, Therefore I Am." "Not being able to talk is not the same as not having anything to say." Those are some of the spirited slogans on ... Read More
Site of the Day: Sunday, November 6
Sunday November 6, 2005
There are no end of programs on the market and in the schools to help struggling readers, and no end of questions about them: Do they work? Are they scientific? ... Read More
Exercise and juvenile diabetes
Saturday November 5, 2005
Exercise is a good thing for kids, but if your child has Type 1 diabetes and gets lot of exercise during the day, researchers suggest that an overnight drop in ... Read More
Question of the Day: Starting shopping
Saturday November 5, 2005
It's that time of year, when mailboxes are crammed with catalogs and stores are heralding sales and websites like this one have already started featuring articles on holiday gift-giving. Shopping ... Read More
Gifts for family members of autistic kids
Saturday November 5, 2005
"I Love Someone with Autism." "Proud Mom of Someone with Autism." "Someone with Autism Loves Me." Those are some of the positive statements found in today's Holiday Survival Kit addition, ... Read More
Site of the Day: Saturday, November 5
Saturday November 5, 2005
Have you been moved by the story of Katie Wernecke, the teen with cancer who was put in foster care when her parents disagreed with her doctors over treatment? Would ... Read More
More on tonight's "Supernanny"
Friday November 4, 2005
If you're eagerly awaiting the "Supernanny" episode tonight featuring a family with an autistic child, here are a few items to tide you over: an interview in the student newspaper ... Read More
Question of the Day: Assistance dogs
Friday November 4, 2005
How much assistance does an assistance dog have to give before a school has to let it in the door? That's the conflict being played out at a Virginia school ... Read More
Sensory integration stocking stuffers
Friday November 4, 2005
A squeeze ball with soft plastic on the outside and hard rubber balls swimming in goo on the inside. A fuzzy hand-sized plushy that vibrates when you pull its cord. ... Read More
Site of the Day: Friday, November 4
Friday November 4, 2005
If you're the kind of parent who haunts teacher supply stores and buys things like posters with parts of speech or bookmarks with test-taking techniques or reading motivators meant for ... Read More
Flu vaccine recommended for kids with neurological disorders
Thursday November 3, 2005
Children with neurological and neuromuscular diseases (NNMD) like cerebral palsy, muscular dystrophy and seizure disorders have been added to the list of those the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and ... Read More
Question of the Day: Love of reading
Thursday November 3, 2005
Reading is the most fundamental skill that children can learn, but it can be fundamentally difficult and frustrating for kids with learning disabilities. Some may be lured into a love ... Read More
Holiday Survival Kit
Thursday November 3, 2005
The passing of Halloween signals, for many of us, the beginning of Holiday Dread Season. It's not that we don't enjoy baking cookies, wrapping gifts, signing cards, seeing family. It's ... Read More
Site of the Day: Thursday, November 3
Thursday November 3, 2005
You know how smart your learning disabled child really is, though sometimes it feels like you're the only one who does. How to tell the world about your brilliant kid? ... Read More
Special-needs son + new baby = worried mom
Wednesday November 2, 2005
Do you have children younger than your special-needs child? A mom on our forum needs some advice for handling her 6-year-old mentally handicapped son now that there's a new baby ... Read More
"Supernanny" features family with autistic child
Wednesday November 2, 2005
A lot of families of children with autism probably wish they had a nanny just to handle the day-to-day routine of their lives and provide a little blessed respite. But ... Read More
Teen with Asperger's shoots neighbors, self
Wednesday November 2, 2005
Parenting a child with Asperger syndrome in an unsympathetic school district or community is already hard, but it may get harder as this story from California gets national exposure: On ... Read More
Question of the Day: Obesity
Wednesday November 2, 2005
Newspaper articles seem to come out on a daily basis trumpeting the obesity of children today and all the facts of modern life that contribute to it -- TV, video ... Read More
Pumpkin pie for the food-allergic
Wednesday November 2, 2005
Planning a big family feast is hard enough without having to take food allergies into account. Yet your child isn't likely to be happy about having to skip large parts ... Read More
Site of the Day: Wednesday, November 2
Wednesday November 2, 2005
If your child watches the PBS cartoon "Arthur," you know that the sweater-wearing aardvark and his friends often deal with health problems in a way that speaks to the particular ... Read More
Katie Wernecke can go home
Tuesday November 1, 2005
The good news for the Werneckes is that Katie, the 13-year-old with Hodgkins disease who was forcibly removed from her family and placed in foster care when her parents disagreed ... Read More
Question of the Day: Potty-training
Tuesday November 1, 2005
Well-known singer and child development expert Madonna recently declared that children who are not yet toilet trained by the age of two are the victims of inattentive parenting. That should ... Read More
Cool asthma gear for kids
Tuesday November 1, 2005
Making a list, checking it twice. That's the theme for the month for November -- lists for all your holiday needs, from finding a perfect gift for a child with ... Read More
Site of the Day: Tuesday, November 1
Tuesday November 1, 2005
Wondering just what it is that's causing your child so much trouble with reading? Phonics, vocabulary, fluency, comprehension? Reading Rockets has a neat interactive tool that allows you to learn ... Read More