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Read more about the article What Breaking a Record Has To Do With Responsive Parenting

What Breaking a Record Has To Do With Responsive Parenting

  • Post published:July 3, 2023
  • Post category:Disability/Down Syndrome/Parenting
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I love stories that remind me of the power of building on strengths rather than focusing on deficits. In disability circles, it’s really easy to pay attention to what our…

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Read more about the article There Can Never Be Too Much Delight

There Can Never Be Too Much Delight

  • Post published:June 30, 2023
  • Post category:Faith/Family/Parenting
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Marilee and I were driving to soccer practice the other day (alternating between the Taylor Swift Eras Tour setlist and The Good Girl’s Guide to Murder audiobook), when she said,…

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Family Screen Time Practices for the Summer

  • Post published:June 21, 2023
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Free Resource 5 screen time practices for Families | Summer Edition When it comes to family use of technology, I want to nudge our family, and yours, towards creation and…

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Father’s Day 2023

  • Post published:June 17, 2023
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Peter and I both remember the dinner where we admitted to each other that we weren’t sure we ever wanted kids. We liked our little family as it was, just…

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Read more about the article I’m Not the Mom for Prom…

I’m Not the Mom for Prom…

  • Post published:June 6, 2023
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Here are some things I’m good at as a mom: listening to our kids asking questions making sure they get enough sleep, as toddlers and as teenagers showing up for…

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Small Talk Is Available as an Audiobook

  • Post published:June 1, 2023
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Are messy diapers, loads of laundry, and sleep deprivation part of your life right now? Nine years ago, Small Talk was published, and I just got to record it as…

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What Would You Say to Your Teenage Self?

  • Post published:May 29, 2023
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People ask me all the time what I would say to my teenage self. I was a hyper-driven achiever with a severe eating disorder that resulted in multiple hospitalizations and…

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Read more about the article Seats That Money Can’t Buy at the Taylor Swift Concert

Seats That Money Can’t Buy at the Taylor Swift Concert

  • Post published:May 24, 2023
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We ended up in seats that money can’t buy at the Taylor Swift concert last Saturday night.  It started in March when we received two tickets at reasonable prices through…

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Read more about the article I Want Our Kids to Accomplish Things, Not Achieve Them

I Want Our Kids to Accomplish Things, Not Achieve Them

  • Post published:May 20, 2023
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I don’t want our kids to achieve much. I want them to accomplish a lot. At least, according to the way Adam Gopnik distinguishes accomplishment from achievement, this is what…

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When We Talk for 20 Minutes

  • Post published:May 11, 2023
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Here’s what happens on a sunny afternoon when I insist on Marilee taking twenty minutes to talk with me about her day. She tries on some dresses for upcoming events.…

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