Having a never-ending Happy Marriage is possible and actually should be the Norm. The core of your being – and your partner’ self, regardless of the current negative opinion you have of him/ her– is LOVE. This is always the case. Frederique CAROL, author of the book “Never WORK on your marriage” is also […]
Look at the title of this article. Admit the truth: when you first read it, you remembered a time when your child decided that your break time was the last thing she wanted to do. Crying ensues, pouts occur, and your break time ends. However, giving yourself a break can help your child on […]
April is Autism Month. Jeanne Beard, the author of Autism & The Rest of Us, How to Sustain a Healthy, Functional and Satisfying Life with a Person on the Autism Spectrum, and Founder of the National Autism Academy has a few words to say. National Autism Academy, which was founded with the mission to “Encourage, […]
Author Sigal Haber has a great new book for children, called Chuck The Rooster Loses His Voice. She wondered how to introduce the concept on entrepreneurship to young children. She also wondered how to teach them in a fun way what it means to be a leader in a community- and to take responsibility in […]
Here is an article written by Craig Kendall. Craig Kendall is a prolific author of books and guides on learning disabilities including several books on autism, Asperger’s Syndrome and Down Syndrome. He is the father of an child with disabilities and has spent nearly a dozen years researching the causes, symptoms, and treatments for autism, Asperger’s […]
The statistics about our ability as a culture to create healthy eating patterns in children are alarming. *One-third of children born in the year 2000 will develop diabetes if they follow the Standard American Diet. (SAD is an accurate acronym). *91% don’t get the recommended daily amount of vegetables. *Only 8% of individuals and families […]
Librarians, educators and book festival panelists are calling for more diverse picture books to reflect the changing face of America, at a time when, according to Pew Research Center, “half of Americans younger than 5 were minorities in 2013… ”. http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2015/08/10/5-facts-about-americas-students/ Characters Engage Books wholeheartedly support these aims and have now published “Color Teds: Tia […]
Today is Mental Health Awareness Day and a few things need to be said about what the day is about. So many parents are dealing with mental illness, whether their kids are typically developing or that have special needs. If a parent (in most cases, the mother since she is the one dealing with the […]
On today’s The Expressive Mom show, the topic covered was the importance of children reading at a young age, and reading about books that address challenges that children face often as education needs to start as early as possible. I spoke to Jennifer Garcia of JGracia Publishing, which is comprised of the following imprints: Shades […]
Dr. Jo Anne White’s Bully Free book won awards, including a Mom’s Choice Award for Excellence. Although there have been global measures and steps taken by schools and agencies to bring attention to and control bullying, it’s still widespread and a real concern for parents. Preventive measures need to take place to ensure that bullying in […]
