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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…

My son’s at that age when he wants to be alone. A lot. He shuts his door. He does not welcome visitors. Particularly visitors who do not knock. He dives…

Need a school craft for teens? Check out this beaded bookmark! It?s an easy craft to make and looks wonderful ? not to mention useful and economic. So economic, in…