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Bedtime eBook: Teelee Tiger’s Good Night

Being married to a visual artist means that I take for granted the talent my husband has for drawing. We’ve always talked about writing a children’s book together that would feature his illustrations – and we finally did it! I’m not the best at self-promotion, but I am pretty proud of how our first attempt turned out. And so, I...

RANT: Introversion and Sensitivity Are Not Disorders

After discovering that my daughter is a Highly Sensitive Child (by reading The Highly Sensitive Child: Helping Our Children Thrive When the World Overwhelms Them by Elaine Aron), I have been interested in reading more about the qualities of sensitivity and introversion. Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking by Susan Cain is one that I...

LIFE: Boundaries Around Children

It’s so interesting what different people are used to with strangers, big gatherings, and shopping malls. I used to think it was more nurture than nature, that your upbringing and family culture dictated how you behaved and reacted in these situations. Watching my daughter from infancy to toddlerhood has changed my viewpoint a bit. Even at 2 months old she...

LIFE: Child’s Play, the Bullying Battlefield

My daughter is by nature a very shy and sensitive girl. She is never the kid that runs up to other people and gives them hugs or initiates interaction. At dance class or music class, she will run up to get something like the other kids, but always hovers in the back, waiting. Sometimes I worry that she isn’t assertive...

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Bedtime eBook: Teelee Tiger’s Good Night

RANT: Introversion and Sensitivity Are Not Disorders

LIFE: Boundaries Around Children

LIFE: Child’s Play, the Bullying Battlefield