​Lauren Barrett

1. Sign language is another way to make connections Babies and toddlers are growing up in a very stimulating world. They have a lot coming at them every day. Bright lights. Loud sounds. Fast-paced action. Sign language is another way for them to make connections to language. When my son…

I’m a special education teacher. One of my job’s is to write individualized goals for each of my students. For example, one of my students might have a goal to read 150 words correct per minute on a grade level passage. Let’s say, currently, she is averaging reading 90 words…

​Lauren Barrett My brother, Kyle (KBnoswag), and I had a typical sibling relationship. We never fought too much or got out of line. Well, Kyle d̵i̵d̵ ̵l̵i̵n̵e̵s̵ got out of line from time to time as he provoked me with his wrestling moves, but, overall, our sibling rivalry was kept…

Advice from a teacher and parent. — I am not an expert when it comes to screen time. However, I have been a teacher for twelve years and have observed the effects on screen time on our youth. While I don’t have any hard data with numbers, I do have my own anecdotal evidence. Teenagers are displaying…

5 of the best reasons parents should focus more on the quality of screen time than the quantity — Let’s consider this example. 👦🏽Kid #1 spends 2 hours one day creating graphics in Canva for the website they made about animals. They also spend time researching animals and adding facts to their website. 👧🏼Kid #2 spends 2 hours watching a tutorial on YouTube on how to sketch anime characters…

How I ditched complicated sleep routines and got back to optimal sleep — I consider myself to be one of the lucky ones. I only suffered with insomnia for about a year and only tried almost all the things before I got my hands on the right sort of information and help. Sleep hygiene. Sleep routines. Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Insomnia (CBTI) with…

Lauren Barrett

Lauren Barrett