Earlier this week I read that the CDC reported that the rate of autism shot up 72% in the past five years to one child in fifty but that they are confident that this is due to greater awareness of the disorder. Reuters added that “scientists” believe that the disorder is 90% genetic. It is [...]
I can still remember the girl who made middle school a waking nightmare for me. Last I heard she is an orthopedic surgeon which I thought was good because it meant that she would work long hours and not spend too much time with her children. I figure her children would do better in day [...]
At Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, a great many “guests” miss significant amounts of school because of their need for treatment. “Snow City Arts turns this time to heal into a time to learn.” Snow City Arts is made up many real working artists who partner with children in hospitals in and around the Chicago [...]
…who made a Documentary as an inspiration for her son, Owen, who has A.M.C. There’s someone I’d like you to meet: Margaret Chaidez. She’s the Director of Digital Marketing at Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago and the Executive Producer of the upcoming documentary The Sweetest Gift: Living with Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita. I [...]
Nate is a 12 year old 7th grade Honor Student at Dodge Academy on Chicago’s West Side. His “Ma” is our very own Chicago Mom, Natasha Nicholes of House Full Of Nicholes. Today, my mom decided to “interview” me about the strike that the teachers have been on since last week. I don’t have too [...]
The following is a Chicago Public School Father’s perspective. Craig Johnson, a native Chicagoan, is a father and former Chicago Public School student. For two weeks, Chicago’s public education landscape became a national case study on unions, politics, and education reform. The issues were lifted from the pages of reports and spreadsheets and escaped beyond [...]
My dad grew up on the Southside and my mom grew up on the North Shore. They met in college, settled in the Northwest Suburbs (in what I imagine was a good compromise), and continued to move east over the years. Now they’re living on the North Shore, as is my family and one of my sisters and [...]
We’re lucky that the girls receive magazine subscriptions every year as gifts. We also pick up chapter books at our library’s “friends” bookstore throughout the year. From time to time we receive an package of books from Kids Can Press with a note asking for a review. You know what this means by the end of [...]
Today I was saddened to hear about the suicide of 10 year old Illinios resident Ashlynn Conner. She was an honor student who hung herself in a home closet and was found by one of her siblings. All because of bullying. She told her mom that she was being bullied – and had told her [...]
The first time it happened, we didn’t even know we’d been boo-ed. We opened our front door to find an orange, plastic pumpkin with treats and a poem. The second time it happened, the doorbell rang. By the time we opened the front door, the goblins were gone. The treats spilling out of orange, plastic [...]
My hands smell faintly of garlic and cinnamon as I wrap a fresh Band-Aid around the cut on my finger, the result of over-zealous vegetable chopping and poor timing. A small price to pay for a day spent with my beautiful daughter. The times that I get to spend with my now adult children are [...]
One of my favorite parts of being a parent is introducing my children to the books and movies that I loved as a kid. Now that my daughter, Zuzu, is almost 8, she is ready for some of the longer children’s books that I remember so fondly from my elementary school days. She and I just finished reading [...]
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