Adapted Living: Style & Accessibility
When I met my sister-in-law 10 years ago, I saw the very real necessity to remove barriers for people with disabilities in order to improve their quality of life. My sister-in-law uses a wheelchair, and spending one day out and about with her on L.A. sidewalks and in shopping centers was all it took for […]
Peggy Curry from Curry Girls Talks Gluten-Free Living, Parenting in L.A. & Taco Pie
As our fall calendars fill up with back-to-school extracurriculars, playdates and holiday gatherings, creating filling, nutritious dinners that everyone will eat can sound like a daunting task—especially if you have vegetarian or gluten-free members in your family. Peggy Curry, or Pegs as she’s better known, understands and embraces this challenge with her business partner and […]
Mini Staycation: Stealing Away to Old Town Pasadena
What I want to do every morning just before I open my eyes is write — to go someplace (a cabin in the woods, preferably) and get lost in storytelling until my body cries out for bread and tea and exercise. I lie in bed a few more minutes, wrapped in this fantasy. And then, […]
How Parents Can Help Teachers Put Their Child on Track to Become Successful Students
Hard work and involvement can ensure a student’s progress Parents of young children are facing two scenarios this fall and possibly throughout the school year. In some parts of the country and in some circumstances, schools are reopening and children are returning to campus and the classrooms they abruptly left more than six months ago. […]
Our Children’s Keepers
This past January, when L.A. County public school teachers, students, parents and other allies donned red shirts and took to the streets for a six-day LAUSD strike, the state of k-12 education was on most everyone’s mind. As debates over traditional public vs. charter school choices and issues of access to private and highly selective […]
SoCal Programs Let Kids with Disabilities Play with Purpose
On a recent afternoon at Rocket’s Universe Playground in North Hollywood, kids – some with disabilities, some without – were bouncing on an oversized teeter-totter, climbing on a moon sculpture, drumming on hollow plastic tubes and waiting their turn to slip down a reverberating slide. They were doing what kids do best: playing. For children, […]
Summer Camps for All Abilities
Bonding with teammates to learn a new sport, flexing a new artistic muscle, working as a group to achieve a united goal, gaining a deeper understanding of self – each year, more than 11 million children attend some kind of overnight or day camp in the U.S., according to the American Camp Association. These extended […]