Are Your Kids Ready For Summer Sleep Away Camp? Are You?

by Chris Jordan

Summer camp. The butt of many jokes, the setting for many horror movies, the rite of passage that marks the period of childhood when one is old enough to be away from home, yet not old enough to have any responsibilities. How do you know when the time is right?

Teenagers and Curfews

by Chris Jordan

Sometimes when I am out shopping at the grocery store I see other mothers who look just like me. Bags under their eyes, stifling yawns, clothing that looks like it was put on haphazardly or possibly slept in. Our carts are filled with snack foods, frozen pizzas, and coffee.

It’s the frozen pizzas that are the real give away.

Inclusive Special Education Benefits Everyone

by Chris Jordan

There is a little note tacked up on the front of my refrigerator. A couple of typed lines on a torn piece of paper. I will frequently do this when I find a quote that resonates with me, or one I hope will speak to my children. I figure that my teenagers are in the refrigerator enough times a day there might as well be something there that inspires thought other than what they want to stuff into their stomachs.

Currently on the refrigerator hangs this quote:

There is one word which may serve as a rule of practice for all one’s life – reciprocity. ~Confucius