I apparently “humiliated” another mom at my son's sixth birthday party because I told her that gentle parenting doesn't mean everyone else has to let her kid destroy things.
I'd spent three weeks planning Leo's party in our backyard . Then Mara arrived with her son, Finn.
Within ten minutes, Finn had ripped down the balloon arch, stomped on decorations, and thrown cake at the fence.
Mara just smiled. “He's expressing himself. We don't say no in our home.”
I tried to stay patient until Finn grabbed Leo's telescope, a gift from his late grandfather, and slammed it against the patio.
The lens cracked.
Leo went silent. He'd treasured that telescope.
I approached Finn calmly. “We don't break other people's things, okay?”
Mara immediately intervened...
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Congratulations to Ohio’s 21 new Certified Educational Technology Leaders!!!!
That’s 9️⃣5️⃣ #CETLs for Ohio…we can’t wait to celebrate!!#OhioCoSN
Yesterday during a class break I heard an Alg II Honors student making comments about how "stupid" she is. (This is a S who aces almost every assessment.) I'd heard her say similar things offhandedly in the past, but I decided I needed to address it directly. 1/6 #iteachmath
It’s time Pirate Nation, the first official athletic event of the 21-22 school year is here! Congrats to our girls golf team on wins today over South and Edgewood to start the year 2-0! Go Pirates!
Side note: the article includes this quote by a neurologist: “This is not a disorder as far as I can see,” he said. “It’s an intriguing variation in human experience.”
Wouldn’t it be great if we regarded all things as not disorders but intriguing variations in human experience?