Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer
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Great videos to teach kids about disability
Have you and your family watched ABC’s fabulous new sitcom “Spee ...
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What to say to a parent whose child Is born with a disability
Last month, A & E’s reality show “Born This Way” took home an Emmy Award ...
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Instead of grieving, mom ‘evolves’ with autistic son
The word grief bothers me. It doesn’t match up with the process that I went through in making peace with the challenges in my paren ...
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10 cheap summer dates in Philly
You’ve made it! You’ve cleared your calendar and the sitter’s arrived. For most parents, getting out of the hous ...
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Lessons from my Great-Uncle Mace on photobombing, having fun and being different
When I was a child, these are some of the things that I loved to do when I visited my Great-Uncle Mace: Lay next to him on the flo ...
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Teaching our kids to talk politics (nicely)
In September 2004, I was driving on a single lane road in Chester County with my toddler son in his car seat. The windows were rolled dow ...
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9 fun, cheap and kid-friendly ideas for spring break in Philly
It doesn’t quite feel like spring in Philly yet, but children all over the area are being released from their regular school schedu ...
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The beauty of re-watching a childhood favorite with my daughter
When I was 10, I became obsessed with Laura Ingalls Wilder. My best friend and I devoured the series of her biographical books about Laur ...
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10 fun and cheap ways to battle the winter doldrums with your family
That winter feeling of weariness, cabin fever or maybe just a sense of intangible “blah” is starting to set in. ...
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Preparing for our son’s bar mitzvah is a coming-of-age moment for us, too
In less than a week, my son, George, will turn 13, and like generations of Jewish boys before him, he will become a bar mitzvah. Bar mitz ...
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Encouraging generosity in our kids
The morning after our extended-family Hanukkah party last year, I freaked out. It may have been the haze of post-latke consumption ...
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Supporting kids who have a special needs sibling
When my son was diagnosed with autism at age three, a wise and dear friend of mine who is an educator told me, “Don’t patholo ...
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