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There’s an epidemic in America. Today’s parents are labeling their brats as autistic and everyone’s buying it.
Instead of moms telling their kids to ‘cut the act out’ or dads telling their sons to ‘stop acting like a putz,’ these kids are getting diagnoses and extra support. Their sucking down the resources others could be using.
Guess [...]

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Drinking from the milk carton is rude. Hands down it’s the most offensive breach of manners in my book. It even trumps the elbows-off-the-table rule when eating.
Mind you, I’m fairly flexible in my parenting. I have some general guidelines I want the kids to recognize – mind your manners, be respectful to your elders, and [...]

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Struggling to obtain services or an appropriate educational placement for your special needs child? If so, you can now obtain legal help free of cost.The Protection & Advocacy (PAI) office of Sacramento has opened a new location in Fresno. It serves the seven-county area – Tulare, Kings, Fresno, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, and Tuolumne.
PAI helps inform [...]

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The help monster invaded our house about six months ago. At first I didn’t realize it had body snatched my four-year-old child. It started off so innocent, so sweet.
“Mommy, I helpa you.”
“What?”
Craig reached his arm out and pointed to the laundry I was stuffing into the washing machine.
“Oh, sure.” I handed him a few shirts [...]

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Once upon a time a laundry fairy lived at my house. While I toiled at work, she gathered, washed, dried, folded and hung our clothes.
I never actually got to see her, but always imagined she wore a sparkly lavender dress and hummed as she flitted around the house working her magic. Her skills were amazing [...]