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Even after many years as a special needs momma, having people say the strangest things to me, this question posed to me last week really caught me off guard. It wasn’t so much the question, “How can you smile?” but the fact that it was posed by another special needs mom. She wasn’t joking and she…
*The following is excerpted from an online article posted on StudyFinds. A meal is one of the best ways to bring people together, and that may be especially true for families with young children. A new study conducted by a University of Delaware-led research team shows that dining together as a family leads to better…
Easter is the more commonly recognized name for the season, but the week of Jesus’ death, burial, and resurrection is also known as Passion Week. That week begins with the Triumphant Entry or Palm Sunday and proceeds to Good Friday, the traditional day of Jesus’ death, and concludes with Resurrection Sunday. The D6 Family Easter…
By Walt Mueller The sun is going down later. Spring is springing. Athletic fields are filled with kids gearing up for participation in a variety of spring sports. Sadly, when the games begin, some of the most discouraging activity will be taking place in the stands and on the sidelines. Perhaps the decline of civility in…
*The following is excerpted from an online article posted on Phys.org. Parental divorce is associated with a lower grade point average (GPA) among adolescents, with a stronger association seen in teens with more educated mothers, according to a study published in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Sondre Aasan Nilsen of the Norwegian Research Centre (NORCE)…
*The following is excerpted from an online article posted on StudyFinds. College can be a very stressful time for young adults, and this can be very taxing on their mental health. Fortunately, there is a very accessible remedy for this stress — nature. Recent research shows that spending as little as 10 minutes in a…
Splinks for the week of March 8-14, 2020 Picture Talk Gather magazines, newspapers, sale advertisements, catalogues, and scissors. Challenge your family to find pictures and symbols that communicate one of the following sentences: There is a monkey on the table next to Dad’s side of the bed. Look for a rhinoceros under the cushion on…
I’ve owned a Victorinox Swiss Army pocket knife like this since a school trip to Switzerland more years ago than I care to remember. Over all of those years I’ve used it a lot, or rather I’ve used most of it a lot. When I was looking at it a few days ago, something struck…
If you conduct a search on Pinterest for “spring break ideas for kids,” here’s a sampling of what you’ll find: 30 Science Experiments for Kids 40 Indoor Kid Activities and Crafts 500+ Spring Break Boredom-Busters [and our personal favorite] Water Blob Tutorial As parents, we usually have one of two reactions to lists like…