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Discovering The Realities Surrounding Autism and Really Smart Children
18March

Discovering The Realities Surrounding Autism and Really...

The discussion surrounding autism is continually gaining momentum. Doctors and Scientists learn more each day about the disorder, and people are talking about the struggles their autistic children face. However, one of the cons of having...

The Impossible Gap to Bridge
18March

The Impossible Gap to Bridge

There’s a new trend among teenage (and adult) girls and their bodies, and it’s hard to come up with a name for it other than calling it exactly what it is: a thigh gap. It’s that space right underneath their genitalia...

Finding Hope In A Failed Execution
13March

Finding Hope In A Failed Execution

Your friend asks you for a ride to his cousins house. You're hesitant to go because it's in a bad neighborhood, but you figure it's a harmless request. Once you get there, your friend disappears for a minute before returning with a...

Teen Boy With Autism Gets Opportunity To Play High School Basketball
10March

Teen Boy With Autism Gets Opportunity To Play High School...

Fulfilling His Dreams It was during the final minutes of a championship game between Trinity Classical Academy and Desert Chapel High School earlier this month, that one of the best displays of sportsmanship in recent memory took place....

Girl Sues Her Parents For School Tuition
05March

Girl Sues Her Parents For School Tuition

Millions of college students have struggled through their years of education. But Rachel Canning, an 18-year-old cheerleader from New Jersey, is suing her parents to force them to pay for all of her university and living expenses. Her...

Effective Families Are Built From the Ground Up
27February

Effective Families Are Built From the Ground Up

Everbody knows what it feels like to try and get a job done when your hearts not in it. Some mindless task, it could be digging a hole, it could be doing your taxes, but whatever it is, it feels like it takes a billion hours to finish....

The Biological Reason Teens Are Jerks
27February

The Biological Reason Teens Are Jerks

The eye-roll of a teenager is something familiar to nearly all parents. It's as familiar as the slamming door, the sarcastic retort or playing the ever-persecuted victim. Teenagers give us every reason to think that we're going...

How To Tell Your Friends That The Party's Over: Sober Beginnings
19February

How To Tell Your Friends That The Party's Over:...

There seems to be a sense of embarrassment that many people feel when it comes to letting others know that they have decided to quit drinking.  You may feel like people will look down on you, or it will seem like you are weak and...

Have an Amazing Sober Life, Not an Abusive One
13February

Have an Amazing Sober Life, Not an Abusive One

Sobriety is boring, mundane, offers no opportunities for fun, and makes nothing better or more interesting... Or does it? Many people feel that they can not have a good time without some sort of outside stimulus, whether that be with...