Philosophical reasoning taught in the second grade. – NYTimes.com

Teaching children how to think critically is an important task for parents-especially in an era where mutli-tasking, multiple interfaces and a stream of stimuli is a given.  I watched a three year old show his dad how to run a video on an iphone the other day.  This link is to an article about how 8 year old children attending a charter school are taught philosophy through questions.  The article also  mentions the book below on using children’s literature to teach philosophy.

Philosophical reasoning taught in the second grade. – NYTimes.com.

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How to Navigate the Learning Disabilities System – NYTimes.com

This article in the Ney York Times gives some excellent advice for parents who suspect their child may have a learning disability.  The author outlines steps from dealing with the school, documenting supporting evidence and when or whether an evaluator might be helpful.

Patient Money – How to Navigate the Learning Disabilities System – NYTimes.com.

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How Does Your Child Hear and Talk?

Parents often ask me whether their young child has a speech delay.  More often these days I get referrals from local preschools for children in danger of being removed from programs due to behavior problems.  Many times, these young ones have an undiagnosed speech delay.  Speech delays in young children are not uncommon and free help (imagine!) is available through the public school system even for the preschool aged child.

This information sheet from the American Speech Language Hearing Association gives the developmental milestones for speech from ages 1-5 as well as ways parents and caregivers can help children build language skills.

How Does Your Child Hear and Talk?.

Here are a few book resources, which link to Amazon.

The Late Talker   Out Of Sync Child

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12 Step Groups for Eating Disorders – Orange County

Eating disorders are rampant in the OC.  Many people struggling with anorexia, bulimia, overeating, and body issues have difficulty getting treatment- due to insurance, finances, or other reasons. 12 step programs can be a good place to start or a way to augment other therapies. OA  & ANAD meetings in Orange County are listed in the link below:

Orange County Intergroup of Overeaters Anonymous, Inc..

ANAD Groups (National Asssociation of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Eating Disorders)

There is one Anorexia Anonymous meeting at the current time:

Lake Forest, CA Sundays @7:00 PM (D) Women’s meeting  Rebecca’s House Extended Care for Women with Eating Disorders. For directions please call the house manager at 949-280-9399.


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Children use Web to watch videos, look up sex | Technology | Reuters

Children and internet safety is a primary concern for parents.  The internet, social networking and online communities are changing fast- certainly not news by now. But how can parents reasonably protect children from online predators given normal curiosity and also give them independence?

Semantec Corp, an internet security group did a study on what children search for on the internet.  Reuters published an article about the results, which indicate that children search for terms like “sex” and “porn” in the top 10 of searches.  Of courses these same kids are also searching for terms like “Miley Cyrus” and “Club Penguin.”

Children are curious, and like the rest of us quickly learn to ask the computer questions they want answers to.  Explaining to children the danger online may draw them toward it, and monitoring every move may make them believe they cannot be trusted.  Surely there is not a fast and true rule that works for every family.  However, some form of open communication, monitoring and talking is needed.

Children use Web to watch videos, look up sex | Technology | Reuters.

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