Tomorrow, April 2nd is World Autism Awareness Day. Although some of us live with Autism everyday, most people have difficulty understanding what living with Autism really means. Since children with autism often physically look like other kids, it can be like having an invisible disability. Why is awareness so important? People tend to be afraid of what they don’t understand. Awareness has the power [...]
Help your child pass the most important test The increase in benchmark assessments and standardized testing can be stressful on even the best of test-takers, and can take the joy out of learning. Last week my 3rd grader asked me “Mom, do I have to keep taking more and more tests as I get older?” Childhood [...]
I saw Mary Poppins at the Detroit Music Theater over the holiday, and was struck by the “Spoonful of Sugar” song. It is amazing how music (though not necessarily sugar for those of us with children on restricted diets) can help ease the transitions of getting through daily life. Now that a new year has [...]
