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do everything for their disabled chil-
dren," but notes, "They really weren't
doing them any favors. These same prin-
ciples in the world of children with dis-
abilities happened with other, typical
children," she says.
Doing everything for a child actually
restricts him, Rainey says, instead of
building his self-confidence.
That's where Jazz comes in.
In her books, Rainey has Jazz (who
comes complete with a rainbow-colored
tail in the illustrations) help guide chil-
dren as they learn, with parental support
always there, to use their own abilities.
Jazz "allows children to work through
and solve problems on their own" —
and that is what makes him distinctly
different from other popular children's
figures, like Barney or the Sesame Street
characters.
DreamDog and DreamKids is "a
child-empowerment theory," Rainey
explains. "The message is: You can do
anything."
Writing comes easy for Rainey. "A
story literally just pops out of me," she
says. "I'll sit down and write it from
beginning to end."
Rainey also does research for her
work, reading "literally thousands of
children's books" and texts by child psy-
chologists.
Then she'll test out her ideas on her
children. Once, she began singing "You

can fly, if you try," in the car. Jared
called out, "Oh, that's nice, Mommy,
record that!" (It's now on a CD). She'll
try things out with children in her sons'
play groups, as well.
"My world is my testing ground," she
says.
Rainey says she has received more
than 100 e-mails from parents and care-
givers who say that her books and tapes
have changed their children's lives.
"One woman told me about her 4-
year-old daughter, who was constantly
being picked on by bullies," Rainey
recalls.
The mother was miserable. What
could she possibly do to help her little
girl?
Then, as Rainey relates, one day the
girl came home and announced,
"They can say whatever they want. I
like me just the way I am. I believe in
me. Look at Jazz.
"She has a rainbow tail and that's
really different, but she still likes her-
self."
"A 4-year-old, telling off bullies and
quoting Jazz!" Rainey said, laughing.
"It doesn't get any better than that."

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