The BIG worry parents had back when I was a kid was: rashes, and the problems they caused. Almost nothing was known about the cause, or treatment; BUT, none of them were a good sign, and way too often meant either death or lifelong disability! A simpler time, the six known diseases which caused rashes were given numbers—which “mature” doctors still sometimes use in “secret code” against those GEN-Z “kids.”
Diabetes in childhood is complicated; but, all the players in the issue have made it even more so. This series of posts displays the many issues of the disease which seems to be increasing in children.
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.
The internet is a bizarre place where you can have so many “contacts” with people that you consider them “friends” without ever meeting them. Different generations may learn more levels of relationships; mine, calls someone a friend when I begin caring about them, share feelings and become willing to assist when able. Remy Sharp has […]
A link to a blog post by Hayley Kaplan which exposes little known facts about sexting on their phones and computers to teens.
