All right, I know there are many people my age and older who are competent on the computer, and some much younger and less competent, but competence escapes me at times! The cries of “it’s logical†and “it’s common sense†just tend to frustrate me when listening to my 20 and 30-something sons who are high […]
We need to seek out the gifts in every child and adult. When we deem infants consignable to mediocre daycare I believe we are depriving them of the possibility of being truly productive citizens. When men and women over a ‘certain’ age (you decide) are no longer viewed as having a value in the community, […]
A child wasn’t talking by the time he was 3 or 4 years old? Once he was ‘diagnosed’ and got intervention he started talking and had gained fluency by the time he was 5. He still has no imaginative play or sense of humour. At age 5, on holiday with his parents in his grandparents’ house, he […]
I’ve always strived to write well, more so in the last 10 years when the idea of ‘my book’ has been lingering. Both my sons write well; the oldest one loves to write and is already a published author in his field. I believe I also speak clearly although my English accent is still misunderstood (more […]
When I asked a question at home (there was no pre-school) the answers must seldom have suited me because my response was always “I know, but…â€. I was called “Miss I Know Butâ€. I was also called a sloth (the dictionary gives one definition as ‘lazy and indolent’!).
Picture this scenario: a baby is born in a water bath (a warm hot tub) surrounded by friends of the parents and the paternal grandparents. Mother nurses her baby and takes some time away from her full time medical studies to initially care for her child. The child is still nursing at a year but the […]
As most people know, locusts swarm. According to my English dictionary they also consume vegetation of ‘districts’ (whole areas I suppose). Another definition is “…person of devouring or destructive propensitiesâ€. And it is the people who act like locusts of whom I was thinking a few weeks ago. We all know those people. They seem to […]
“A woman is like a teabag. It’s only when she’s in hot water that you realize how strong she is†— Nancy Reagan “You must do the thing you think you cannot do” — Eleanor Roosevelt “Ancoro imparo” (“I am still learning”) — Michelangelo at 87 The mind is a muscle, you have to exercise it […]
These may both have a purpose but I think many modern parents are losing sight of their purpose when raising their children. I understand that parents get frustrated when their children can’t talk and communicate. If they teach sign language the child can sign to them when she’s hungry, thirsty etc. I recently found my […]
Grandfather #1: Comfortably picks you up at 15 months and burbles to you in Spanish Grandfather #2: Never visits you, his grandchild Which grandfather would you rather have? Caregiver #1: Invents games, takes you for walks, sits on the floor with you, laughs with you. Caregiver #2: Never talks to you or plays with you. Which caregiver […]