Category Archives: Child Development
Something You Can’t Bounce Back from…
This is, something you can’t, bounce BACK from, something that’ll stay with you for the rest of your life, like that Scarlett Letter, A? Something you can’t bounce BACK from, how can you, bounce, back from that, huh? How can … Continue reading
The Pixies in My Mind
A child’s active imagination, initiated, with a cartoon from Disney, translated… After watching “Inside Out”, my son often imagined that there are, pixies inside his mind, and from time to time, he’d told us, which one was, in control of … Continue reading
An Old Soul, on Parent-Child Interactions
From the observation of a mother, on her child, translated… Back then, I’d thought, that an old soul lived in my daughter’s body. Especially around bedtime, when she’d, begged me to tell her about the global community, the civil wars … Continue reading
Once a Very Well-Behaved Child…
Once a very well-behaved child, she’d done everything, as she was told by her adults, sat like those little girls who are trained to, with the legs closed together, very soft-spoken, never raised her voice, even when she feels angry! … Continue reading
In a World that Valued Compliance…
In a world that valued compliance, being different is SHUNNED, so, you had best, get in line, and act as ROBOTS!!! Don’t stand out, that’s not allowed, do you want to be the only one with the red dress??? Of … Continue reading
My Youngest with a Beautiful Heart
Why doesn’t this kindergartener want to go to school? It’s, up to you, parents, to figure that out, as she is with, limited vocabulary, to tell you what is exactly, going on at school with her, translated… My youngest started … Continue reading
A World without Opposites
Interactions of a mother and her son, translated… My four-year-old son would often smile, but he gets angry easily too; but he’s unafraid of making me angry, and would remind me, that I’d stayed angry, for too long. So surprising, … Continue reading
Four Questions that Surfaced from Watching Snow White Again
There are more purposes than pure entertainment that children can get from those fairytales, translated… I know of a lot of moms who would unintentionally tell their children those fairytales with princesses, because the characters of the schema of the … Continue reading
The Trials in Young Zheng-Rong’s Life
Encounters, the trials, of life for this young boy, and now, they’d, lost touch, translated… 13737…… I’d, worked up the courage, dialed the digits, hoping, to hear the voice of Zheng-Rong. The Compassion Home in Guanxi’s young Zheng-Rong was taken … Continue reading