Ah, the old cliche. When it rains, it pours. Did you know that this phrase hearkens back to an advertisement from the Morton Salt company? This evening, when Mom called to let us know that she was on her way home from work, David started acting up. I now know why. See, he stole an…
Category: Parenting Journey
A letter to a parent in Georgia
I imagine that right now you are feeling a little anxious. Maybe you aren’t feeling anything at all. I don’t know your situation, but chances are that if you are reading the things that I write, you have some experience with what I write about. Maybe not at the depths that we are dealing with,…
This Parenting Journey
I did not start out my parenting journey aware of early childhood trauma and the effects of poor attachment. I did not know that babies who experience high levels of stress, especially over a sustained period of time, have brains that do not develop “normally”. I did not know that children who have been through…