I love year round do-gooding like Buddy the Elf loves smiling. Seriously. It’s my favorite. Charitable giving gets even more attention during the holidays, making it a great time to inspire kids to be kind. And, since they’re already hopped up on Christmas cookies and marker fumes from penning wishlists, they’re much more receptive to nifty ideas like keeping quiet… Read more →
Monthly Archives: December 2012
Make snowflakes for Sandy Hook in 6 easy steps.
Snowflakes are winter’s delicate heralds, drifting and dusting their news that the holidays are here. My first grader thinks they’re magic, made by Mrs. Claus since Santa and the elves are so busy this time of year. The National Parent Teacher Association is collecting handmade snowflakes for the students of Sandy Hook Elementary. Just think of the winter wonderland magic… Read more →
Autism is not a mental illness. Just so we’re clear.
You’d think I wouldn’t have to point it out, but a lot of what the media reports is crap. Yes, crap. Clever news hooks and sensationalism get you to watch one channel over the other. I took enough Journalism and Communications and Advertising classes in college to know. A lot of what the media initially reported about Newtown was wrong… Read more →
They were just children. Like yours and mine.
Children. That word is in every headline, every status, every tweet, and I want to ugly cry, but I can’t. I want to stop reading coverage, but I don’t. I want mental health care to be accessible, not guns. I want to hold my children so hard they can’t breathe, but smell their hair instead. I want to open my… Read more →
Telling your kids it’s going to be ok when you’re not sure it’s going to be.
Why did I send him to school? William’s school was in lockdown today and I put him on the bus anyway. Even though there was no one else at the bus stop. And there were only two other kids on board. I didn’t think it was a big deal. The school had been in lockdown once before and it only… Read more →