Readers — These studies discussed at Inhabitots seem to support what a lot of us feel in our guts: That outdoor play is probably very key, and taking it away in favor of more “safety” or more “education” has caused us a number of ills. Ironically, our kids are LESS safe (from depression, diabetes, obesity…) [...]
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Hi Readers! You have been sending in fantastic, “Nothing Bad Happened When My Kid…” stories that show how nice and normal life can be when we quit worrying about extremely unlikely tragedies every time we consider letting our kids out of our sight. The note below one is a reminder that special needs kids need [...]
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Hi Readers! The post below this one is about a principal who chastised a mom for letting her 10-year-old daughter take the city bus to school. The daughter loves the bus and has made “people friends” (as opposed to “school kid friends”) on her daily commute. But the principal, as well as Child Protective Services, [...]
Filed under: Helicopter Effect on Kids, Infantilizing young folk, Miscellaneous, Special needs, Walk to School / Stay Home Alone / Wait in Car | 61 Comments »
Hi Readers! Just had to crow. The story about Hunter, the deaf pre-schooler who was told to change his name because it violated the school’s anti-gun policy, was sent to us by a gal in Hunter’s neck of the woods — Nebraska — on Monday night, which is when I posted and tweeted it. By [...]
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Hi Readers! Here’s a feisty post from Ellen Seidman, a New York mom whose blog is Love That Max. She’s also hoping to win a blogging contest at Parents Connect, so if you like what you read, go vote for her here. (Hey, why not help each other out?) Onward! — Lenore WHAT DOESN’T KILL [...]
Filed under: GOOD News, Special needs, Zingers and retorts | 30 Comments »
Hi Readers — Soon I will be compiling stories of Take Our Children to the Park & Leave Them There Day, which went well in parks around the world (well, not a TON of parks, but they WERE around the world and all the participants enjoyed the day). But in the meantime, I just got [...]
Filed under: Bad Laws, Rules and Verdicts, Eek! A Male! (and Stranger Danger), Parks, Playing and Playgrounds, School and Zero Tolerance and Bullies, Special needs, Worst-First Thinking | 141 Comments »
Hi Readers! This is news to me: The well-regarded St. Louis Children’s Hospital has a program whereby they take kids who have tested positive for food allergies to see if they really ARE allergic. To that end, they feed the kids a steadily increasing amount of the allergen for hours on end, while closely monitoring [...]
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Readers — This comes from a dad outside of Philadelphia. Obviously, not every child with autism has his son’s abilities or temperament. But here is one dad’s story: By Roy Lewis Our oldest is now 26…and autistic. When he was 8 we moved to a house in a nice safe suburb that was a quarter mile from [...]
Filed under: Special needs | 23 Comments »
