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Your kid needs to improve her fine motor skills? Set up an arts and crafts station!

Your kid needs to improve her fine motor skills? Set up an arts and crafts station!

If your kid has fine-motor skill challenges, try these fun activities to help them develop hand and wrist co-ordination and strength.

Tawanna Hyman

I'm damn lucky to raise this frustratingly developmentally on-target kid

I'm damn lucky to raise this frustratingly developmentally on-target kid

Sasha started bleeding when she was 25 weeks pregnant. In a panic, she rushed to her OB/GYN's office. She reflects on her premature birth story.

Sasha Emmons

7 ways to make Halloween more fun for kids with special needs

7 ways to make Halloween more fun for kids with special needs

Making a few simple changes for kids with special needs is an easy way for everyone to join in the fun trick or treating this Halloween.

Valerie Howes

Blood tests just got less scary for kids with autism

Blood tests just got less scary for kids with autism

The Lifelabs Autism Program launches with tools and techniques to take the stress out of blood tests for kids with autism

Valerie Howes

#ThisIsMyLife: Parents you'll see at the playground

#ThisIsMyLife: Parents you'll see at the playground

There are all kinds of parents who go to the playground with their kids. Here are six kinds that you'll definitely see the next time you go.

Leah Rumack

I’m scared to tell my anxious child about my Zoloft

I’m scared to tell my anxious child about my Zoloft

I’ve never been troubled by the idea of taking an SSRI, but suddenly I’d do anything to avoid telling my anxious child. Maybe because he's so much like me.

Amy Macfarlane

Scientists may have found a cause—and a cure—for dyslexia

Scientists may have found a cause—and a cure—for dyslexia

New research has found that a slight difference in the eyes of those with dyslexia may affect the images their brains receive.

Valerie Howes

Target launches clothing line for kids with disabilities

Target launches clothing line for kids with disabilities

Target expands its Cat & Jack brand with adaptive apparel, designed with special features for kids and toddlers with physical disabilities

Valerie Howes

This was not my dream. But I’m glad I chose to be a single mom

This was not my dream. But I’m glad I chose to be a single mom

This was not my dream. My dream was to live happily ever after! But if I kept waiting for one dream to happen, I might miss out entirely on both.

Athena Reich

A eulogy for the boy I never had

A eulogy for the boy I never had

My son just received yet another diagnosis. He may never talk, may never walk alone to school. It’s time for me to mourn what I thought he could be.

Charlotte Dobo

Motherhood has meant facing my greatest fear

Motherhood has meant facing my greatest fear

Becoming a mother has pushed me beyond my comfort zone so many times. But there was one fear I finally had to face: It was time to learn how to drive.

Natalie Stechyson

Visiting the dentist when your kid has special needs

Visiting the dentist when your kid has special needs

Kids with conditions such as autism, Down syndrome and sensory processing disorder may need extra care to make dental trips a success.

Arlene Karidis

Why the idiot-dad stereotype needs to die

Why the idiot-dad stereotype needs to die

Let’s stop reinforcing the stereotype of the ignorant, uninvolved father. We’re better than that (and there’s so much more we need to do).

Micah Toub

Unsure how to talk to your kids about injustice? Start with sports.

Unsure how to talk to your kids about injustice? Start with sports.

Our kids look at athletes as heroes, and what they do (or don’t do) can be excellent entry points to talk about equality, cooperation and fair play.

Shireen Ahmed

Please invite my kid with special needs to your kid’s party

Please invite my kid with special needs to your kid’s party

It only takes small tweaks to make a party inclusive, so kids with neurological differences can have the kind of childhood experiences all kids deserve.

Christen Shepherd

I thought my kids would escape the prejudice of my youth. I was wrong.

I thought my kids would escape the prejudice of my youth. I was wrong.

I was so optimistic my baby wouldn’t encounter the ignorance and prejudice I faced as a child. But the world, unfortunately, hasn't changed that much.

Nam Kiwanuka

How to deal with a kid who REALLY pushes your buttons

How to deal with a kid who REALLY pushes your buttons

Sometimes you’re triggered more by one of your kids than another. Here’s how to tackle your triggers and parent each kid effectively.

Lisa Highfield

Motherhood has made me dumb

Motherhood has made me dumb

What is a cumulus cloud? How do bees make honey? Clearly, I’ve forgotten everything.

Sheri Segal Glick

Why we need to stop teaching girls to be nice

Why we need to stop teaching girls to be nice

I’m trying to teach my daughters the difference between being nice and being good, but how do I teach them to stand up for themselves and not be jerks?

Kerry Clare

It's time we blew up stereotypes of motherhood

It's time we blew up stereotypes of motherhood

Even if you’re as fabulous and fierce as Beyoncé, others want you to behave the way they think mothers should behave. That has got to stop.

Bee Quammie