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Aside from being loved and given a means of communicating, verbal or otherwise, being able to read is arguably the greatest gift you can give your child-who-will-one-day-be-an-adult. I’ve [...]

Your child will surpass you in intelligence. That is because his/her intelligence  is of a different kind than you possess, and at times it will be superior to yours. You will learn at your [...]

Learning can stall for many reasons, or maybe it hasn’t even begun yet; here’s a list of 5 solutions to get you started. Solution #1: Reduce the task size What does it mean when your [...]

Blessing or Addiction? Remember when I wrote about my son’s wonderful ability to message me and everyone else through FB? Jonathan is 32, has Down syndrome, reads and spells like a champ, [...]

What are we teaching our kids? Our teens? As a teacher, this is what I often see when a desperate parent brings a teen to me because he/she missed the reading boat: I see a learner who was pushed [...]

I wrote a few months ago about how Jonathan’s discovery of Facebook messaging changed his ability to communicate. It has also added a real-time spark to our relationship. Jonathan (32, Down [...]

My son Jonathan (32, Down syndrome) leaned forward in the truck so the traffic cop could see him. “I don’t have time for this!” Jonathan declared. The policeman leaned in to get [...]

We all know that Facebook has a front and a back. Front: a way to keep in touch with friends and family. Back: a potentially endless time-suck. We know this, and we both appreciate and deal with [...]

Here’s a “never plateau!” story My son Jonathan (32, Down syndrome plus other variables) has had a Facebook page for 2 years. He asked for it, I put it up for him. But he [...]

“No!” Jonathan was 18 months old (with Down syndrome) and now refused to learn anything. He stimmed and mentally “went away.” He was not autistic, but he was trying hard [...]