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7 Ways to Make Your Kids Feel Safer
The threats we face as a nation are real, but they shouldn’t be paralyzing. For too long, those like me in the security world have done much to get you worried -- ISIS, Zika, random gun violence, hurricanes, oh my . . . – but not much to get you ready. We’ve managed to talk…
5 Things to Tidy Up While Your Morning Coffee Is Getting Ready
Are you the kind of person who gazes at the coffeemaker wishing it would brew more rapidly? There is a better way of using this time. In fact, coffee brewing time will reduce drastically (or at least it'll feel that way) if you put your attention to something else. Since we are all short on time, take…
How Kids Can Use Ride Services Like Uber and Lyft Safely
“Mom, can I Uber home instead of you picking me up?” Eight years ago, this sentence would not have made sense to any parent anywhere. These days, “Uber” is both a noun and a verb, and a way of life for people in urban and suburban areas from San Francisco to Sydney. Some parents consider…
Aging Out of Autism Services
My son has been in a social skills group since he was three years old. When he turns thirteen this year, he will "officially" age out of this group. What is social skills group? Social skills group is a structured play group with four to six children who are relatively near each other on the…
Interview With Mom Behind the Uber-Like Service for Kids: HopSkipDrive
I have been a mommy blogger for several years. Then, my husband had a temporary work crisis and I had to get a “real job.” Having been a “creative” most of my life, I was pretty terrified about my future corporate prospects. A fellow Mommy pal shot me over a job opp for an unusual,…