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Special Needs Children Can Strengthen Marriages: Communication is Key
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Difficult Life Events Can Strengthen Marriagesby D. Scott Trettenero Marriages are rarely an easy union for anyone. Under the best of circumstances it takes much love, devotion and commitment between partners to make this relationship work. Unfortunately, there is no rule book or owner's manual that guarantees success.Trying to give advice on how to make a marriage work is tricky, especially when speaking in general terms, because what might work for one couple might be exactly wrong … {...Read More...}
Filed Under: embracing autism, family, parenting children with autism Tagged With: communication, embracing autism, family, marriage, raising children, raising children with autism, special needs
Six Stupendous Savings Found on Groupon Coupons
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If you're a parent, you know that raising kids can get pretty expensive. If you're the parent of a child with autism, you feel the weight of those expenses just a bit more. A 2014 study by a medical journal called JAMA Pediatrics estimated it costs $1.4 million to raise a child with autism in the United States--a cost that rises to $2.4 million if that child has an intellectual disability. We spend so much money when we have children, but sometimes we also want to spend money on the finer things … {...Read More...}
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Show, Don't Tell! A Rabbi's Secrets To Raising Happy Children
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Do this. Be here. Listen to me.Any good parent wants to raise happy, well-adjusted children, but the way they go about often undermines that goal."As a rabbi, I've watched a lot of parents over the years," says Rabbi Roger Herst, author of "A Simple Formula for Raising Happy Children" (www.rogerherst.com). "Many of them don't seem to be achieving what they want for their children. They try hard, they mean well, yet they still miss the mark."But it doesn't have to be that way, he … {...Read More...}
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New Robotic Smart Toy for Children with Developmental Disorders
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Leka Brings Accessible Teaching Tool to Parents, Therapists and Caregivers of Children with Developmental Disorders, Such as Autism and Down Syndrome Leka, a robotic smart toy set on changing the way children with developmental disorders learn, play and progress, used an Indiegogo campaign to raise $60,000 for product development. Unlike other robotic toys designed to help children with developmental disorders, Leka is the first interactive tool that will be available for purchase … {...Read More...}
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An Autism Dad's Encouraging Thoughts on Handling Obsession
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Squeaker has become intensely interested in cars--you might even call it an obsession. Try hard to stump him with a symbol. No joke, even those European symbols that you don't see on the road don't escape his notice and keen observation. It can become distracting and annoying for the parents of an autistic child to live with the obsession. There are only two choices: encourage or extinguish.Cars have always been important to Squeaker, but it's also incredibly convenient for us. We can distract … {...Read More...}
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Using One Essential Oil Blend for Anxiety and Stress Relief
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One of my favorite things to use essential oils for are for relief of anxiety and stress, which helps with relaxation. In a previous blog entry, you read about several different essential oils that help out with calm, focus, and relaxation. Some of the unmentioned oils from that entry include vanilla, orange, rose maroc, geranium china, sunflower oil, primrose oil, and jojoba oil. Combining all of these oils into one bottle makes for a cocktail of anxiety and stress relief oils. In exchange for … {...Read More...}
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The 3 Health Benefits of Grapefruit Essential Oil
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If you've been reading awhile, you know that my family has started using essential oils for a multitude of things, from relaxation to concentration. Thankfully, Phytopia offered their Slimway product free of charge in exchange for my honest review, and I'm glad I tried it! See, Slimway has grapefruit oil, which has tons of benefits. Also, this essential oil, which is 100% Pure & Natural Therapeutic Grade for Massage, which means that this oil can be spread throughout the body safely as … {...Read More...}
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5 Reasons to Not Feel Guilty About Being Sad
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What if I told you that Mother's Day isn't always such a treat for me? Of course, I love my children and I am blessed in unfathomable ways, but there is also a deep-rooted part of me that wants to curl up in a ball and sleep the day away. In fact, that's what I did for most of today. While I try to say it's not shameful to suffer from depression, I still feel shame on such a deep level that I feel tired, sad, and weepy a lot of the time. Mother's Day is really not an exception. I also feel a lot … {...Read More...}
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We're not perfect, but we're moms. We can do this!
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Does being the parent of three children qualify you as an expert on parenting? Apparently this parent thinks so. In Mom's Journey: Practical Tips for Raising Kids, Limor Friedman gives hundreds of tips on raising children from the age of 1 to 18, but that doesn't mean I agree with all of them. The book purports to give tips for parenting that do not require raising one's voice or implementing punishment in order to make a stand, but it's written in a critical and condescending tone that does not … {...Read More...}
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Middle School Book Spotlight: Camp Dork by Beth Vrabel
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I'm always looking for good books for my middle school children to read. Even as a math teacher, sometimes they finish their work early and need a good book recommendation. As far as books for middle school students go, Beth Vrabel's Camp Dork is the quintessential coming-of-age story for adolescents who are trying to find themselves. At the heart of the story is a girl named Lucy who is not really (but really) secretly in love with her friend Sam. When she agrees to go to Camp Paleo … {...Read More...}
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5 Ways to Treat Autistic Children without Medication
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I want to start by saying that I do not believe there's a "cure" for autism. Without variability in this world, we would certainly have boring lives, and autistic children are just as valuable and beautiful as any other children. As a parent, I want the best for my children, though, and that means I want them to feel the best they can feel. Plenty of studies out there have pointed to a variety of health conditions that come along with autism. Children with autism generally have a difficult time … {...Read More...}
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From: Boerne, TX
Region: Southwest
Topic: Transplants, Trees
Title: Transplanting a redbud in Boerne TX
Answered by: Barbara Medford
QUESTION:Hi there, My question is when is it safe to transplant a native tree? I have a redbud tree come up in m flower bed I want to try to transplant it instead of cutting it out. It is very young - maybe 4-6 months of growth. Less than 1/8" in diamater and about 2.5' tall.I live in the Hill Country North of Boerne, TX - it is still hot here.
We are so glad you asked. It's depressing to answer all the questions from people with dead or dying new trees who planted them in the hot summer months. They have committed transplant shock, and not that many trees ever recover from it. We strongly recommend that you wait until November to January in Central Texas to plant any woody plant. In fact, we wouldn't recommend planting anything this time of year. You shouldn't be out there in the sun and neither should a new plant.
First, check out our Step-by-Step Guide Transplanting a Tree. The only thing we would add to these excellent instructions is that, having removed the dirt from the new hole, mix some good aged compost in the dirt, maybe about half and half, before you return it to the hole around your tree roots. And definitely follow the instructions to put some good quality shredded bark mulch over the roots, but not touching the trunk. As time goes by, that mulch will protect the roots from heat or cold and, as it decomposes, will continue to help with the drainage in the hole.
While you are indoors, waiting for cool weather, follow this link to our webpage on Cercis canadensis var. texensis (Texas redbud), where you can learn what amount of sunlight it needs, soils and moisture, to give your plant a good start in life.
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Registered/patented pecan by Foster W. Fort
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OCF 409-410: Holy Communion Outside Mass
Here's the last post on the funeral rites in the original 1989 OCF book. In some instances, the Church cannot celebrate a funeral Mass–we've discussed those reasons before. Sometimes it may be fruitful to offer Holy Communion outside of Mass … Continue reading
Out From Under The Umbrella
EWTN buys the other NCR. The Register is now free of ties to Fr Maciel's order. A significant move?
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More on the Eleventh
I'm grateful yesterday's thread on the Eleventh Worker awoke some brisk commentary. Thanks for all that, and especially thanks to Harry for keeping it going and keeping me on my toes. I'm skeptical of the unemployment numbers we're being fed. … Continue reading
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Day 3 – The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, 2011
(This is Neil) Dear brothers and sisters, as disciples of the Lord we have a common responsibility to the world, we must carry out a common service: as the first Christian community of Jerusalem, beginning from what we already share, … Continue reading
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Fatherhood Shifts, Drifts, Then a Shaft of Light
I have to confess my recent reading left me feeling dispirited. Isn't there anything a father can do to stem the inevitable tide of loss, separation, adolescence, and such as his child grows up? The perfect antidote: this blog piece … Continue reading
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OCF 405-408: Rite of Committal
Alternate texts for the Rite of Committal are given in these pages. In OCF 405, four alternate blessings for a tomb or grave are given. I might hope a priest would choose option 3 for my body's final resting place, … Continue reading