This is a lengthy list of the CDCs immunization recommendations for most immunize-able diseases. DIRECT links to their printable handouts so you don’t need to hunt for them.
It’s not just for girls any more: worrying about body image and looks. The steady bombardment of advertising and other media images is taking its toll on boys as well – there is a tremendous pressure to look “lean and chisled.” (more…)
Daniel Kish: Seeing With Your Brain
He calls himself unremarkable which is obviously not so. He says he’s been blind since nearly birth but navigates up steps and onto the TED stage on his own without a misstep. He knows that others see him as unusually capable for a blind person and call him “batman” but calls it only living without fear and activating your brain.
Talk doesn’t seem to be enough anymore. Here’s a link to what the Mayo Clinic has to say about talking to your teens about sex.
In researching for another article I stumbled upon the wonderfully insightful blog of a twelve-year-old (now thirteen) boy with Aspergers Syndrome – “Words I’d Use to describe myself before my diagnosis.” His posts are not only well written, but are refreshingly frank and sometimes quite humorous – even if he doesn’t realize it. [http://autisticandproud.wordpress.com/2013/07/21/words-id-use-to-describe-myself-with-before-my-diagnosis/]
