Writing the Playbook: Allowing every kid to overcome any challenge
April 22, 2020
Emma Stoker, a 35-year-old mom of 12-year-old son Dylan knows challenges only too well. For years she has fought against a system that isolated her son and disrupted her family life. In the following interview, she tells how she finally figured out a way to help Dylan not just survive, but thrive in education. Emma and Dylan “Dylan must have been about two and a half when I realized he was different. It wasn’t that he was missing those milestones, just that he approached them in a totally different way. He was a thoughtful boy, staring at me as I…
No Two People Are Alike
February 26, 2020
As a mom, you always try to be prepared. You make sure your kids have the right school supplies, you buy them healthy snacks, and you help them with their homework (was chemistry always this hard?) But what you can’t prepare for is a call from the teacher, saying that your child is being disruptive in class. What gives? Where did you go wrong? Savannah’s parents found themselves on the receiving end of that phone call earlier this year. Savannah is twelve and what any parenting blog would call a “good kid”: She’s kind, smart, and gets along well with…
