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Special Needs Causes – a Friend Needs Me & YOU Jackson St. Aubin Scheduled for Hemispherectomy Surgery June 27 Note from Kat: With her permission, I pulled in the second post my pal Caryn posted on her site about our mutual friend Gina St. Aubin’s family and her son, Jackson, who is undergoing hemispherectomy surgey later this month. I published her last post about the Need for an online Family Reunion within and for the Special Needs Community to help support this family and Jackson, who is 9 in a post late last week. I can’t ask for your help with this family’s needs any better than my friend Caryn can, and what follows in the bulk of her post from her own site, Living with Logan, regarding Jackson’s situation. I’m joining with this cause in the hopes that YOU will also join in. Read all the way to the end,

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A new state-by-state analysis released for Father’s Day shows how little the nation supports and protects employed fathers when a new child arrives. The special report, Dads Expect Better: Top States for New Dads, includes an analysis of state laws and regulations governing paid leave and workplace rights for new fathers in the United States. It finds that only 14 states and the District of Columbia are doing anything at all to help new dads who work in the private sector. The special report was compiled by the National Partnership for Women & Families using its recently released analysis of state laws that help new parents in both the public and private sectors, Expecting Better. Dads Expect Better focuses on state laws that apply to both new fathers and new mothers and ranks the top states and the District of Columbia based on their enactment of these inclusive family friendly public policies. “Our analysis

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“Positive Parenting” radio show for military families Dear Mr. Dad: My son is approaching the age where we need to have “the talk.” My dad died when I was young, so my own introduction was nothing more than what I could find in books or from friends. I want to give him some guidance but I feel totally confused and embarrassed. What’s […]     Armin Brott Dad of three, best-selling author, speaker, nationally syndicated columnist and radio host, Marine Corps vet, spokesperson, and, generally speaking, a pretty nice guy. Website: http://www.dadsoup.com Twitter: mrdad Tweet #fighting4answrs