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Special Needs Symposium Parents & Kids Magazine presents an educational evening out for parents of young children with special needs. Make plans now to join us!

Thursday, January 26, 2012 7:00-9:00 pm Covenant Presbyterian Church 4000 Ridgewood Road Jackson, MS 39211 Read the Full Story

Interactive Metronome Therapy As diagnoses of autism, Asperger syndrome, ADHD, and ADD are on the rise in the clinical setting, many parents are struggling to understand these conditions, and simultaneously searching for tools to provide their children with the best possible future. Fortunately, more is being learned about how these conditions affect the brain, and thus new therapies are being developed that can help children overcome many of their challenges. Read the Full Story

What's Cooking: Colorful Curried Vegetables When it comes to finding new recipes for our family, quick and easy usually top the list of things I look for. Of course I want to find dishes that are healthy as well, and if they happen to be especially flavorful and colorful then I feel like I've hit the culinary jackpot. Read the Full Story

Summer Camp Decision: Coed or Single-Gender? From The Summer Camp Handbook: Everything You Need to Find, Choose & Get Ready for Overnight Camp - And Skip the Homesickness by Jon Malinowski and Dr. Christopher Thurber. For most campers and staff, a single-sex environment offers fewer romantic distractions. It’s a bit easier for everyone to focus on the goals of overnight camp… There tends to be less showing off, reduced self-consciousness, and fewer broken hearts. At a single-sex camp, children support each other and bond together in ways that reinforce the best parts about being a girl or the best parts about being a boy. Plus, the staff at a single-sex camp is primarily the same sex as the campers. This provides kids with many adult role models of the same gender. About 50% of all overnight camps are single-sex. Read the Full Story

College Fair Coming February 16th! Parents & Kids Magazine is once again partnering with Mississippi public and private SACS accredited community colleges and universities to offer a College Fair with one-stop shopping for college choices and financial aid information at the Jackson Convention Center on February 16, 2012. Read the Full Story

Angels Unaware: Parenting Special Needs Children Angels Unaware, the beautifully written book by Roy Rogers and Dale Evans as a tribute to their little girl who was born with Down Syndrome, brings to mind the scripture verse in Hebrews 13:2,“Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.”Truly, isn’t that the way it is as a parent of a child with special needs? It’s just like living with an angel. Read the Full Story