In many serious discussions about Down syndrome, abortion is the ghost in the room. Teaching medical professionals to give accurate and appropriate information when announcing prenatal diagnoses, state funding for early interventions, state funding for K-12 education, federal funding for research, even health care costs — these issues either directly or indirectly relate to the […]
Month: December 2017
Give Generously and Benefit Greatly
Give generously. While this may sound like a contradiction to my previous column on giving lightly, it is not. Let me explain. Falling prey to the Madison Avenue depictions of Christmas trees exploding with wrapped gifts from under their boughs will not bring endless happiness to your children. In fact, it is more likely to […]
Giving lightly is good for kids and the planet
My eldest child will turn 24 next month. This means I have been acquiring toys for nearly a quarter of a century. That first year I was a mother, we often visited friends who had a 3-year-old. In their living room were neatly organized baskets filled with animal figures, blocks, books. I was in graduate […]
Giving Lightly–It’s Good All Around
My eldest child will turn 24 next month. This means I have been acquiring toys for nearly a quarter of a century. That first year I was a mother, we often visited friends who had a 3-year-old. In their living room were neatly organized baskets filled with animal figures, blocks, books. I was in graduate […]
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