Melissa Barreto

When I first started homeschooling my children, I used a writing curriculum called Brave Writer.

“So please, oh please, we beg, we pray,

Go throw your TV set away,

And in its place you can install

A lovely bookshelf on the wall.

Then fill the shelves with lots of books.”

– Roald Dahl, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

In our neighborhood a patch of wild thicket backs up to the rear yards of townhouse communities in the area. The patch extends out and runs along the main road all the way to a nearby park.

ADHD can be an often misunderstood label.

I started suspecting my son had anxiety when he would complain of stomach aches at times completely unrelated to food or illness.

Sleeping is anything but a passive activity.

This Ramadan, one of my personal goals was to build more dhikr, remembrance of Allah, into my daily routines.