Many children with learning disabilities go to tutoring or specialized therapy for help, but one local mom decided to try a different approach.
The Pasadena mom bought chickens and planted a garden to provide her daughter, who was struggling with learning disabilities, a hands-on supplement to what she was learning in the classroom. A few years later, the project has grown into a small business for the girl.
While most 10-year-olds are only responsible for the likes of homework and cleaning their rooms, Allison (whose last name is being withheld at the request of her mother) has a few more chores on her to-do list.
Several times a day, she heads to the large red shed in her backyard that her dad and younger brother converted into a chicken coop. With her green wicker basket in hand, she collects the nearly two-dozen eggs that her 37 hens have laid throughout the day. She then sells the eggs to her neighbors for $2 a dozen and uses the money to feed the chickens.
