Our children often do things that we don’t understand! Parents often ask them “why” they did it. The reply is not helpful and usually causes more frustration or confusion for exhausted parents.

 When we ask an emotionally disturbed child why they did something, it...

During the committee hearings conducted for Education Secretary Nominee Betsy DeVos the term “vouchers” was mentioned several times. It has also been in the news and on media sites since that time. During her testimony DeVos spoke of using vouchers in relation to meeting IDEA...

by Janice Honeycutt

The Love Garden, a story found in some dirt…

Creating a raised bed garden in the shape of a circle had many benefits.

But the main purpose was to share some time and love in building a healthy garden with an unattached child whom no one could reach.

It was an experiment...

by Teresa Guerard – Orlando, FL

I was a single parent at the age of 25. My daughter, Breana is now a wonderful young woman. She is currently 17 years old and is the “perfect” daughter. I often tell people that she is the daughter that everyone dreams of having when they decide...

By Kathryn Taylor

All the kids I’ve known,
These awful, awful people
Who took me as their own?
Don’t they even realize
I’m not their’s in the least?
They wanna be mom and dad-
All I see are two thieves-
They haven’t asked a ransom-
They’ve fooled all those...