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I hear the same sentence from parents more than almost any other. I did not know I was allowed to do this. They are talking about pulling their child, the one with the IEP, the one the school kept failing, out of school and teaching them at home. And underneath the sentence is a fear that they will be doing something wrong, something risky, maybe even something that gets them into trouble. So let me say it plainly. In every state in this country, you are allowed to homeschool

Few terms in the world of family conflict are used as loosely, or argued over as fiercely, as parental alienation. It gets thrown around in custody battles as a weapon, dismissed by some as a myth, and treated by others as an explanation for every difficult relationship between a child and a parent. None of that serves the children at the center of it. So I want to try to say, as carefully and honestly as I can, what parental alienation actually is, and just as importantly, w

The first IEP meeting is often the loneliest room a parent has ever sat in. You are outnumbered by professionals who use acronyms like a second language, you have a folder you are not sure how to use, and the child at the center of it all is the one person not there to speak. I have sat at that table hundreds of times, on the school’s side and later on the parent’s. I want to tell you what I wish someone had told every parent before they walked in. First, you are a full membe