An hour after putting Zachary to bed I heard a scream. My heart dropped to the pit of my stomach as I ran up the stairs to his room. The scream that had escaped from my 18 month olds throat was like nothing I had heard before despite having as many children as I did.Opon entering his … [Read more...]
Under the influence
I called her my Nanny. She was my mother's mother and she lived in England, visiting maybe once every two years and staying with us for about three weeks at at time. She was round, with white curly hair and a huge heart. She had candy in her purse, a strong British accent and a huge heart. She … [Read more...]
The Artist vs The Athlete. Ability or Effort?
A few years ago my son brought home a single C+ on his report card. He had never had a grade lower than B+ in his life and he was devastated. The fact that the grade was in Art didn't seem to matter to him. The C+ was a huge disappointment. I am not devaluing the importance of Art at all but I was … [Read more...]
my string theory
For all the ways you wonder if you are doing a good job with your kids, if you are failing miserably, if you are sure there are periods of extreme and steady shortfall in energy, patience, guidance, good and solid example, every now and then you actually have a moment when you think you are actually … [Read more...]
No dark sarcasm in the classroom
I am sitting here at this very moment, after an especially tasty melange of bbq chicken, rice, celery, onions, yellow pepper, green beans and watching Hudson struggle with a speech on air pollution. It is 6:36 and we have been at it for about an hour and half now. An almost attentive … [Read more...]
My Philosophy of Education & Parenting in a Poem
I worked hard on this and am proud of it. Somehow the idea to put my philosophy into a spoken word open struck me and I worked on it solidly until it was done (with a few breaks for food, snuggling and reading bedtime stories of course).I've posted it on the philosophy page of my blog and … [Read more...]
Lighting It Up Blue for Scotty!!!
Today is World Autism Awareness Day. All over the world landmarks, businesses, universities and households will be lighting it up blue to raise awareness for this epidemic. Yes it is an EPIDEMIC. The U.S. CDC just released new figures showing that 1 in 88 children will be diagnosed … [Read more...]
SO THE WAIT LIST ENDS………
Well some interesting things happened after my last post about waiting for services in the school system and my frustration in what was happening with my 5yr old and his wait for speech therapy. A few days after I wrote my post I received a phone call from the CCRA - this is the company that … [Read more...]
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Ever since my battle with postpartum when Will was a couple months old, we've had a solid sleep routine. My angel night nurse Nadia set the schedule and I've stuck to it. Bath - books - bed. We deviate sometimes now and skip the bath (especially in summer...because really a … [Read more...]
I am my Thoughts – Mindset
Are we what we think? I wrote about Mindset here and you can read more on Carol Dweck's website here. Since I read this post "A Certain Kind of Sadness" - and especially the comments - of Jen's, I've been pondering this issue. The premise of the post is that we need to keep our … [Read more...]
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