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Should the parent of a pregnant teen run for Vice President of the United States? Considering Americans are clamoring for candidates that are real people, then sure! Why not? Real…

Have you been in the About.com Parenting Special Needs Forum lately? I mean, really lately? Like, since Saturday? That’s when I added some new folders and tucked away some old…

Here’s your weekend round-up of all the articles, blog posts, and site updates you may have missed from the past week in About Parenting Special Needs.

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A Saturday “Site of the Day” special: Most days, a single Site of the Day is plenty to keep you occupied. But on Saturday morning, with kids underfoot and a…

I usually try to stay away from partisan politics in this blog, mostly because partisan politics gives me a headache, but this morning’s news is pretty irresistible: Sarah Palin, the…

I usually try to stay away from partisan politics in this blog, mostly because partisan politics gives me a headache, but this morning’s news is pretty irresistible: Sarah Palin, the…

I really love this book, I won’t be able to find enough good things to say about it. If you have never bought your teen a self-help book, buy this…

Like a schoolkid freed from the demands of book reports and assigned reading, I slacked off on my Harried Parent’s Book Club reviewing duties this summer, slipping from a book…

One of my goals this year is to check all of our planners, together, every week. This involves all of our family being in the same room at the same…

I tried to do a little school shopping on Sunday. What a mistake that was. The office-supply store was packed to the rafters with parents stocking up on folders and…