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Born Free’s Virginia McKenna

Actress and wildlife conservationist Virginia McKenna speaks to the personal freedom that binds us together

By Mary Ann Cooper

 

Virginia McKenna and her late husband, Bill Travers, achieved worldwide fame in 1966 playing real-life conservationists Joy and George Adamson in the film Born Free. The film brought them critical acclaim and [...]

Judy Cockerton: Foster Parent and Innovator

Amazing Third Acts

 

Judy Cockerton — winner of AARP’s 2012 Purpose Prize for Intergenerational Innovation — is re-envisioning and reinventing child foster care in America

 

By Richard J. Anthony, Sr.

 

When Judy Cockerton first entered the world of child welfare in 1999, she was the founding owner of two specialty toy [...]

The Children’s Movement of Florida

By Jack Levine

 

Investing in Children

David Lawrence Jr.

The Children’s Movement of Florida is a coalition of 325,000 Floridians dedicated to ensuring that children become the number-one priority of state lawmakers and decision-makers and that every child in Florida gets a full chance at the American dream.Jack Levine, special correspondent for GRAND [...]

Grandma and Grandpa are the Unsung Heroes of the Autism Epidemic

By Julie Obradovic

Julie Obradovic is a Contributing Editor to Age of Autism

A recent post on The Thinking Mom’s reminded me about the roles grandparents play in the autism epidemic. I believe in many cases they are the unsung heroes of much of what we’ve been able to accomplish in the pursuit of [...]

Are You An Embarrassed Grandparent?

By Debra Karplus

You’re embarrassed to admit that when you were in school, you were one of the students who frequently played mean-spirited pranks on any substitute teacher who dare set foot into a classroom where you were present. ‘Subs” appeared to be lower on the social status than the nerdiest of kids at school. [...]