Months after Britney Spears was released from the conservatorship that she said was restricting her from having a third child, the pop star announced Monday in an Instagram post that she is pregnant. In explosive testimony last year, Ms. Spears called the conservatorship that had governed her life for 13 years “abusive,” saying the people […]
Parenting In Focus: Simple things By Cynthia Martin For the Sequim Gazette • April 13, 2022 1:30 am As a parent, you are your child’s most important teacher. This is why it is very important that you spend one-on-one time with him every day. Take time to talk with him about all the things around […]
As someone with boundary-recognition disorder, I’ve worked all my life to learn where the line is for others. Comedians understand the importance of finding (and sometimes crossing) that line. In the context of a comedy club, it’s socially acceptable to flaunt the audience’s line. At work? Not that much. Oversharing at Work I recently started […]
Welcome to Normal Have you ever been so angry you’ve literally seen red? Or so frustrated that you could scream? Maybe so sad or stressed that curling up in a ball on your bed is the only activity you think you can handle? Guess what? Welcome to being normal! Everyone gets knocked down by emotions […]
Breakups hurt but you heal too! Short stories on mental health is a story about a guy who had a breakup and is going through a tough time. We often listen to breakup stories from girls and ladies, and how they go through this. I guess men don’t choose to discuss this as much as […]
Note: We’re grateful to Anne Dachel for sharing these stories with our AoA readers weekly. While they may seem repetitive, they are indicative of the scope of the problem the autism epidemic continues to present. Every story represents families in turmoil, school districts in a quandary and nations in trouble. ### By Anne Dachel There’s […]
Like the neighborhood bully, that tormenting task taunts you week after week from the top of your to-do list. You want to vanquish it, but you can’t – and you’re not sure why. Advice to “just do it” or break down the task into smaller chunks doesn’t help. The tormentor remains — amassing energy with […]
The remaining Fridays of the Elizabethtown Independent School District calendar have been converted from shortened school days to regular instructional days. The revised school calendar, which also includes a make-up day scheduled for May 17, which was approved during Monday’s EIS Board of Education meeting. EIS canceled school four days this past winter because of […]
“What kind of milk do you want?” the young woman’s voice asked through the Starbucks drive-through intercom. I glanced at the list of substitutes on the menu. “I…don’t know,” I replied, choking back tears. “Let’s just go with regular milk, then?” the intercom voice softened. By the time I got to the window, I had […]
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Early overgrowth: In their first few weeks of development, organoids with two intact copies of CHD8 (top) developed excitatory neurons more slowly than organoids missing a copy of the gene (bottom). Editor’s Note This article was originally published 11 January 2021, based on preliminary findings presented at the Society for Neuroscience annual meeting. The results […]
Helping our kids learn to get themselves organized is one of the greatest challenges we face as parents, isn’t it? We all appreciate how important it is for our kids to learn to “get organized,” because we understand what our kids don’t, yet, that organization impacts every aspect of life: school (or work), home, and […]
