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Author: Amy Julia Becker

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Emotional Lives of Teenagers

  • Post published:July 10, 2023
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If you are a parent or educator of teenagers, The Emotional Lives of Teenagers: Raising Connected, Capable, and Compassionate Adolescents needs to be on your summer reading list. (If this…

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July Introductions

  • Post published:July 7, 2023
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Hi! For those of you who are new around here, I’m Amy Julia. This community grows almost daily, so here’s a short introduction. My husband, Peter, and I met in…

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Blessing | Life to the Full

  • Post published:July 6, 2023
  • Post category:Faith/Uncategorized
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Jesus made this famous set of odd statements about those who are blessed. He started out with these declarations: “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom…

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To Tell the Truth on the 4th of July

  • Post published:July 5, 2023
  • Post category:Privilege and Race
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"He thought enough of this country to tell the truth," writes Esau McCaulley about Frederick Douglass' 1852 speech, "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?" McCaulley goes on:…

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Happy 4th of July

  • Post published:July 4, 2023
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Happy 4th of July! We’ve entered that phase of family life where we aren’t even all together on holidays anymore. Right now, Penny is at Camp PALS and Marilee heads…

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What Breaking a Record Has To Do With Responsive Parenting

  • Post published:July 3, 2023
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I love stories that remind me of the power of building on strengths rather than focusing on deficits. In disability circles, it’s really easy to pay attention to what our…

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There Can Never Be Too Much Delight

  • Post published:June 30, 2023
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Marilee and I were driving to soccer practice the other day (alternating between the Taylor Swift Eras Tour setlist and The Good Girl’s Guide to Murder audiobook), when she said,…

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No One Is Excluded | Life to the Full

  • Post published:June 29, 2023
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America is supposed to be a “melting pot” or a “salad bowl” in which lots of different types of people live together and intermingle. Still, many of us live within…

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Read more about the article Down Syndrome Is Not Like a Car Crash

Down Syndrome Is Not Like a Car Crash

  • Post published:June 28, 2023
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I hear the comparison all the time. When people want to explain that the unexpected can happen to any of us, and to any of our children, at any time,…

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S6 E22 | Why Stories of Hope Subvert Racism with John Blake

  • Post published:June 27, 2023
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Is racism baked into our nation’s DNA? Is there any hope for change? John Blake, a CNN journalist and author of More Than I Imagined, explores the personal and social…

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