Alice in Wonderland syndrome is a migrainous-like condition of childhood that usually is brought on by fevers or infections. In one study published in 2014 in Pediatric Neurology, MRIs performed on children as they were experiencing AWS revealed absolutely nothing abnormal. In fact, according to a March 2015 article in The Atlantic, in order for a child to be diagnosed with AWS, he cannot have anything else organically or mentally wrong with him that might account for the distortion in perception.
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Maybe moms finally have gotten tired of hovering over every art project. Maybe they are sick of the kids being inside. Maybe they’ve finally realized they don’t really want to sit and make small talk with someone else while their children have a playdate. (The best kind of “play dates,” by the way, are the ones where the mom drops off her kid so mine is entertained and I can mop the kitchen floor.)
Read moreThe Physics of a Sunset, Mother's Love
I think the best part of the sunset is after the sun has gone down. That’s when light reflects off some clouds and casts shadows on others. The colors turn warm — orange, red, and sometimes purple. If the sky is just right, the colors can even cast a glow on people’s faces. “Yeah, but then the sun is gone,” Ford said. “It’s already set.”
Read moreColorblindness: The Childhood Disorder You Might Overlook
My husband and I speculated it was a behavior problem. Does he have ADHD?, we wondered. It seemed that Lindell could never sit still long enough to learn letters, numbers or colors. And the teachers at school commented on his reluctance to follow some instructions — ones like, “Go to the green table, Lindell.”
Read moreThe Second Biggest Secret Parents Keep
I was truly horrified when Ford learned to ride a bike eight years ago. I actually needed to go inside and let Dustin handle the lessons. In one afternoon, my firstborn child became intimately familiar with the pavement — except for the time he catapulted himself forward off the bike and landed in a bush.
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