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RAVE: 5 Ways INSIDE OUT Has Helped My Highly Sensitive Child

I know not everyone loves animated movies, but I do. Perhaps it comes with the territory of being married to a 3D artist, but I have often found that animated movies resonate more deeply with me than live-action movies. It may just be that people who get involved with animated movies have amazing imaginations and wonderful storytelling abilities. This is...

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: Bullying – What Do We Teach Our Kids?

It’s a fact of life. There will always be bullies. How do we deal with it? I struggle with the answer to this question as I decide what to teach my 4-year-old daughter. We went to a community carnival and spent 20 minutes in line for a turn in the bouncy castle. When it was her turn, my daughter went...

LIFE: Getting to Know My Highly Sensitive Child

When taking the journey into parenthood, every parent will ask people questions, make posts on forums, and read parenting books. They hope that doing this will help them be prepared when their baby is born and while it does help a lot, they can’t learn everything they’ll need to know because they don’t know who their child will be. Will...

LOVE: It’s In the Moments

I have found that being a mother has increased my anxious, hurriedness about life. It’s hard not to let that happen. There’s always something to attend to, something to get ready for, and when you get those things done, you have to start again. So it’s easy to fall into routines and not pay attention to those moments. You know...

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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