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Masking AND Cognitive Fatigue: Why After-School Meltdowns Happen
If your child seems to hold it together all day at school only to fall apart the moment they walk through the door, you’re not alone. Many parents of neurodivergent […]
ARFID and the Holidays: Why It’s More Than Picky Eating
The holiday season is supposed to be full of fun, laughter, getting together with family and friends and food is often an integral part of every gathering. But for families […]
Holiday Gifts That Educate and Delight Children of All Ages
As they gear up for the holiday season, parents and grandparents head out to what often seems a “shopping jungle” to purchase toys and gifts that will bring joy to […]
Charity Begins at Home: Encouraging A Giving Spirit in Children
We live in the age of selfies, where bullying is on the rise and civility is on the decline. Not-so-subtle societal messages tell us that our worth is defined by […]
A More Meaningful Halloween: Teaching Empathy and Compassion Through Costumes and Candy
It’s easy to see Halloween as a blur of plastic pumpkins, costume stress and frantic trick-or-treating. But what if it could also be meaningful? What if Halloween allowed us to […]
AI’s Role in Supporting Neurodivergent Students, With Safety and Balance in Mind
Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming part of daily life in ways we couldn’t have imagined just a few years ago. From adaptive learning apps in the classroom to virtual study […]
Water Babies: Body, Bonding and Brain Development
“My baby isn’t old enough to walk. How could she learn to swim?” When your baby isn’t old enough to walk, it may seem strange to take them to the […]
How Do I Get My Toddler to Stop Hitting?
Toddlers are little people with big feelings. Sometimes, the only way for those big feelings to come out is through their actions: hitting, kicking, biting, flopping, screaming. It’s not because […]
From One Dad to Another: The Power of Showing Up
A few weeks after my son was born in December 2021, I sat in the darkness, gently rocking him to sleep. His tiny fingers wrapped around mine and I felt the […]
