Parents from all over York County have come forward about issues they faced seeking special education for their children, but many were unaware of available resources. Margie Wakelin, senior attorney for the Education Law Center of Pennsylvania, said families with special needs students often feel isolated and don’t know where to begin their search for […]
Sign up here for The 74’s daily newsletter. Donate here to support The 74’s independent journalism. At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, Holly Daniels’ third grade son and second-grade daughter could be found in the backyard building a treehouse. After spending the morning completing school assignments remotely with help from a hired instructor, they […]
The actor also shared his family’s unusual sleeping situation. If you’re into succession like us, you’ve probably developed a soft spot for Roman Roy (right behind cousin Greg, of course). He’s like a toddler – does what he wants, says what he wants, no inhibitions. But in real life, Kieran Culkin is a lot more […]
Both parents and non-parents reported high levels of exercise and play with their pets. (Pexels photo) Have you noticed lately that more cats are riding in strollers? Or bumper stickers that say “I love my Granddogs”? You don’t make it up. More and more people are investing a lot of time, money and attention in […]
The first time a stranger mistook me for my own child’s grandmother, I was at an airport taking my 2 year old on a connecting flight. I bought a bottle of water; the baby had a tantrum. I put them on the floor to make them screech and took my time shopping. The clerk gave […]
The Wall Street Journal revealed last week that Instagram researchers had spent years studying how its photo-sharing app affects young users and found that it can be harmful to teenage girls in particular, news parents and lawmakers alike alarmed. According to the study, which was not made public, Instagram makes body image problems worse for […]
As the pandemic upbringing drags on, mothers are more than overwhelmed. Do the impossible; Day after day as only we can. In a real experiment, working parents were interrupted 45 times by their children within three hours. In another video, a mother counted 27 interruptions from her children in just 10 minutes. No wonder we […]
My hopes of dropping my kids off at school, avoiding pointless commuting, and eating alone at a desk that isn’t in my bedroom all seem to be disappearing. With so much ongoing uncertainty about the delta variant of the coronavirus, I’m afraid to ponder what this fall and winter will be like. Because I’m not […]
All summer, New Orleans mom Carrie Booher restricted her children to outdoor activities in public, still wary of a pandemic that has picked up speed again after her world upset last year. With school starting on the French public immersion charter Lycée Français de la Nouvelle-Orléans in early August, Booher is on the fence about […]
Family trips to the cinema are a great way to get out with the kids and laugh for a few hours together. Millions do it every week. However, for families with children with autism, a day at the movies can be a difficult and sometimes impossible ordeal. “For children with autism, the experience can be […]
The person-first language (e.g. “person with autism” instead of “autistic person”) has always had good intentions and was a kind of revolution in its heyday. It was a way to recognize that our linguistic choices play a role in our thinking and our view of the world, and it was theorized that we could change […]
From the Orange Shirt Society to True North Aid, these six organizations are working hard to provide vital resources for reconciliation. The remains of 215 children were found on the grounds of the Kamloops Indian Residential School after the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation conducted a ground penetrating radar survey. The school was in operation […]
