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Monthly Archives: June 2011

Our Personal Beast

Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Rye is amped, amped now that summer is in full swing.
Yesterday he had the far away eyes and crazy talk that we have not seen in a while.
It is a challenge.
Thank God for this beast.  He is short and spectacular.
He keeps me sane, grounded, and smiling.
I love him so.

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Dr. Stuart Kaplan: Childhood Bipolar Disorder vs. ADHD

Monday, June 27, 2011

photo source: Dr. Walter Freeman performing a lobotomy, once hailed by The New York Times as the modern miracle treatment for mental illness
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As for Dr. Stuart Kaplan and his Newsweek article, here are my thoughts.
Thank you Newsweek Magazine for your cutting edge journalism and breaking scientific studies but Dr. Kaplan is about 20-30 years late [...]

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The Conversation Is Changing

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

It’s funny, when you homeschool the most common comment you hear from other parents (or at least I hear, I can really only speak for myself) is “Oh, that is great that you do that.  I could never spend that much time with my child.  I mean, we need time apart and I enjoy the [...]

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Happy Father’s Day!!

Sunday, June 19, 2011

Don, we could not love you more than we do!  You are a great dad and deserve a great day!!
Let’s have some fun!!
Happy Father’s Day!!

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The Other Side

Thursday, June 16, 2011

Well, things have been good here the past few days.  Rye seems to be accepting the fate of the boy from our community and life goes on.
We visited the pdoc yesterday.  We always enjoy seeing him.  We need new blood work but that’s really it.  He also gave Rye a prescription for Klonopin to take [...]

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A Tough Reality

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

We had a rough day yesterday.  A day unlike we have had in a long time.
Why?
We found out yesterday that a 15 year old boy Rye knows [the older brother of a kid Rye was in classes with in school] is going to prison for attempted murder.  He is in custody now and will be [...]

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Sunday Review

Sunday, June 12, 2011

photo source:  Doctor Flowers
I feel like thinking in list form today so here goes:
Rye has spent the past couple of days having a lot of fun with his friends who are now officially out of school for summer.  Big excitement.
Because Rye’s friends are out of school he really does not want to do his ’summer’ [...]

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Inclusion: The Death of Special Education?

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

I have not been writing much these past few days but I have been reading a lot.  And one of the conversations I notice going on out there is the endless debate about who is to blame for America’s failing public school system.  And with regard to Special Education, does Inclusion work?
Now, for those of [...]

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Getting Ready For Summer

Thursday, June 2, 2011

photo by Arthur Leipzig, 1950, Coney Island
Well, it’s really starting to feel like summer around here.  It’s hot, hot, hot and humid, humid, humid.
For us, summer no longer has the dramatic entrance it used to have when Rye was in traditional school where he would school, school, school and then be off completely for 2-3 [...]

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