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Shiloh Jolie-Pitt’s Name Change: What Parents Need to Know
This week, social media is buzzing with the news that Shiloh Jolie-Pitt, daughter of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, has filed a request to legally drop "Pitt" from her hyphenated surname on her 18th birthday this month. Shiloh’s decision has ignited a plethora of reactions online, from fiesty discussions about “Brangelina” family dynamics, celebrity relationships…
Autism Imagination and a Preferred Topic, Plus Pizza
Autism Imagination and a Preferred Topic, Plus Pizza. This blog is about a project my son did for his English class What did he do? First, his English teacher assigned a book reading project for the semester. His students had to read a teacher-approved, substantial book over the course of the semester. My son chose…
Treating Head Lice: Tips for Parents
As a mom, its a terrifying moment when your child comes home from school one day scratching their head. Classrooms are breeding grounds for the white, itchy, bugs that give us all the heebie-jeebies: Lice! Despite all of a parent’s best efforts, the icky truth is that it can happen to your kids. In fact, 85% of U.S. school districts report an outbreak of lice every year. So to help you deal, here are a few tips and tricks, as well as some common lice myths debunked. Read on!
Six Types of “Eyes” Parents See Through
By Sheila Dinaburg-Azoff PsyD and Joan Reynolds MS (Adapted from their new book, Parenting in Your Own Voice)
What We Can Learn From Albert Einstein’s Parents
Many highly talented brilliant creative people think they are not, because everything they were good at was not valued at school, or was actually stigmatized. We cant afford to go on that way. We need to radically reassess our view of intelligence. – Sir Ken RobinsonWhat do parents really know about what makes our kids tick? J.K. Rowlings parents wanted her to go into vocational training, certain that her desire to write …