Recent Autism Research

Neither my daughter’s father nor I have autism, and thankfully I don’t think my daughter has it, but research on it is…

Capturing Her Own Expressions

I’m not really a “picture” person; I don’t randomly take photos of important, and definitely not non-important events, in my life. It’s nice to look back at photos though, and I’ve kept that later enjoyment in mind with having my daughter. I actually put on my Google calendar…

An Extra Blink

I’ve been thinking recently about the concept of pausing before responding.

A recent article I read in Better Homes and Gardens discusses compassion, and while it didn’t directly talk about pausing before responding, the actions it suggests that parents take require that the…