by Marguerite Elisofon | Feb 22, 2019 | Uncategorized
In my earliest Valentine’s Day memories, I exchanged cards with all of my second-grade classmates. Never mind that we were all girls! In those days, it was possible to buy a booklet of inexpensive cards with perforated edges at Lamston’s (long out of business). I...
by Marguerite Elisofon | Feb 15, 2019 | Uncategorized
As an autism parent of a grown daughter on the spectrum, I read with great interest Pamela Druckerman’s New York Times op-ed piece, “Helicopter Parenting Works,” (2/8/19). Druckerman says that “in our unequal era, this kind of parenting brings life changing...
by Marguerite Elisofon | Feb 1, 2019 | Uncategorized
I am an exhausted autism mom who is so tired of hearing the word “wall” that I’m ready to scream. How did Americans allow a wall to become inextricably tied to loss of jobs and income (not to mention aviation safety and national security)? How did we arrive at a time...