Parenting Expert Brenda Nixon

As we approach Easter, I asked author pal, Linda W. Rooks, who just released her newest title, The Bunny Side of Easter, to pen a guest post. Linda uses her life-long love of children’s books to tell a winsome, "hare-raising" adventure explaining the...

I was pleased when freelance writer, Helen Pox, and I chatted about keeping kids healthy during the long, cold winter months. Indoors, they breathe recycled germs and often fail to receive the necessary amount of the sunshine vitamin D, which maintains...

She has one child who is blind. And another with autism. Pat Linkhorn explained to me that people must see her children apart from their circumstance.
“My kids aren’t special needs kids --
they’re kids with special needs.”

Here's a scenario: a family with two adopted teens attends a church. The teens have emotional and psychological problems that demand regular therapy. Perhaps residential treatment. The adoptive parents - aloof or unwilling to admit their teens' deep...