Saving for your child’s education while they are young should be a top priority when developing a financial plan for the future. Planning for college may mean putting money into a 529 plan, which grows tax-free as long as the earnings are used for college expenses. As your children get older, you’ll want to educate…
25+ Ways To Save Money On Home Heating Costs
Although there’s not much you can do about the price of fuel, there are ways to use less energy and lower your heating eating bills. And some of these changes may entitle you to federal tax credits that can add to your savings. PAYING FOR FUEL The most obvious way to save on home heating…
Coaching in the “Big Time”!
Coaching in the “Big Time”! Apr 2, 2014 FROM THE COACH’S CORNER: TOM CURRY The true backbone of the coaching profession are the people who do it every day in the high schools, middle schools and youth sports programs that deal with children in their formative years. At a recent athletic directors’ meeting, the topic…
Spell Bound
by RICK RADER, MD * EDITOR-IN-CHIEF If it’s words they needed, they could have contacted and consulted with any one of a number of “exceptional parents.” They encounter hundreds of them in the course of a therapy visit, an IEP meeting, appeal for denied services, hearing for compassionate use of an unapproved medication. My earliest…
Guideline for Authurs
Editorial Guidelines for Writers Editorial Guidelines for epWorld, Inc, Magazine and Web site Contributing Writers ep World, Inc. publishes articles on a broad variety of social, psychological, legal, political, technological, financial, and educational concerns faced by individuals with disabilities and special needs and those who care for them. These articles appear in the monthly digital…
Are Your Kids Doing Too Much?
Are Your Kids Doing Too Much? Mar 1, 2014 FROM THE COACH’S CORNER TOM CURRY Now, no one is a bigger advocate for kids to participate in sports than me! But kids need time to be kids! I must confess that I was struggling for something to write this month. I try very hard not…
Happy Birthday, Joe!
by RICK RADER, MD * EDITOR-IN-CHIEF If they really wanted to give young boys the excitement, challenges and thrills of a real life adventure hero, they should have reinvented him as “G.I. Joe the Group Home Action Hero.” “War is hell!” declared Union Army General William Tecumseh Sherman; and I have no doubt it is.…
Role Models and Heroes
Role Models and Heroes Feb 5, 2014 By Tom Curry As we start 2014, let’s all reevaluate our definitions of role models and heroes. It’s not always the person who scores the most points, has the flashy stats or is a big game star. It might just be that local pro athlete who puts his…
The Name Game
by RICK RADER, MD * EDITOR-IN-CHIEF The third year of medical school is the time when the student gets to play doctor. He or she wears a white coat, dons a stethoscope around their neck and has (or had, before the electronic hand-held universe) a stack of index cards (patient notes, tips and check lists)…
The Culture of Team Sports
The Culture of Team Sports Dec 6, 2013 By Tom Curry Whether paid or volunteer, coaches must pay attention to what is going on before and after practices, on the internet or even with opponents. Ongoing discussions between coaches, parents and players must always include reminders of positive words, actions and possible consequences for inappropriate…