Enjoy Halloween with Your Child with Special Needs
For all my moms out there struggling with their special needs children on Halloween I got you. I understand it’s hard in so many ways and know that I can never understand fully what you go through on the daily but if this helps great! Taken from Episcopal Center for Children, a Treatment and Special Education Center, Offers Advice for Families with permission. These are brand new tips written by specialists. If you’d like to read my special needs Halloween post from a few years ago, I think it’s pretty good to! Tip #1 – Pick a costume with safety and your child’s interests in mind. Your child’s Halloween costume…
The Thing With Feathers by McCall Hoyle
I haven’t read a book that wasn’t a textbook in a long time. Finally I had the chance this week. Truthfully I didn’t have much interest in this one but thought my daughter might like it since it is a young adult book. But I decided to read a couple pages just to see and once I picked it up I could not put it down. I love when I find a good book. A little about The Things with Feathers… Sixteen-year-old Emilie Day is not like the other girls from her town on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. She has epilepsy, is homeschooled, and would rather be reading…
6 Things to Think About When Your Teen Gets a Job
This is part 1 of a series for parents of teens landing their first job. Each week I will release a new blog post topic on first jobs for teens. If there is a topic you would like me to cover just leave a comment in the comment box. I always check those! When teens turn 15, in most states they are legally allowed to work. This is new territory for many parents. There is a lot to think about. So much to learn, and be cautious of. It can be scary for parents to realize their teen is growing up, and they might even be concerned about how the…
