What if childen learned Compassion before the world teaches Comparison? In a world that ranks kids by grades, likes, and labels…Compassionate Friends whispers a different truth. Every child deserves to know they are loved.Not because of what they do, but because of who they are. Compassionate Friends helps families, teachers and therapists, start conversations about differences, …
“My Grandson has Treacher Collins Syndrome.” I froze in my tracks and turned to face the woman who was speaking. “My daughter has Treacher Collins Syndrome too!” I said, surprised to meet someone who had heard of such a rare facial syndrome. My daughter’s theatre group had just finished their first performance. She plays the …
As a homeschool graduate and entrepreneur, I am attracted to high quality, alternative education. After hearing about Acton and visiting one of the 200 campuses, our family moved to a different state join this community of like-minded families. At Acton, “Learning to Do” and “Learning to Be” are even more important than “Learning to Know.” …
PipSqueak and I were sitting in the front row at church, because we like to watch the Sign Language interpreter and learn ASL. A young lady (probably early 20s), was sitting behind us and said to me, “your daughter is so cute.” Thank you! The lady continued, asking, “what is her name?” …and… “oh, that’s …
When did your child first notice that they are “different”? I have heard stories of that moment when a child asks about their own little ears or wonders, “why do I have a hearing aid?” I have been waiting to see if my own daughter will even needs to ask. Our family is unique in …
Recently I came across this post which was shared on Facebook: 146 comments. Everything from people making a pun about ears, to angry parents whose children who born without an ear. You can read all the comments here: https://www.facebook.com/260234427427165/posts/2296682540449000 My husband has 2 prosthetic ears Actually he has 4 prosthetic ears, but the one pair …
We have 2 or 3 sets of utensils, and mixed into that is one fork and one spoon, which I acquired after hosting a pot-luck at some point in the past 3 years. It bugs me that I have this miss-matched spoon and fork. They do not even match each other. But I have no …
Having a child is amazing. Sometimes she does weird, quirky things, and I realize, “oh my goodness, she thinks just like me!” Suddenly I have a whole new window into my own childhood and a deeper understanding of myself. I wrote about that earlier this week in my blog post called: Someday You Will Have …
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I had an epiphany recently. I started listening to the audiobook, “Unconditional Parenting” by Alfie Kohn. I do not know the whole premise of the book, but it was available on Hoopla and sounded interesting. So far, it has been quite thought-provoking. One thing which stood out to me, was the story of a mom …
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