Maryanne Wolf writes movingly about how reading to your baby is a fundamental part of developing the “reading circuit”, because even before the baby understands what the book means it creates a link between reading and being loved
The oldest sibling can become the parent in a dysfunctional home.
They're forced to mature early and not have any needs of their own.
The 'invisible trauma' of parentification:
@CatalinVoss Thank you for sharing, will be showing my sons this video today! I’ve explained this ‘germs on your teeth’ idea verbally but never had a visual like this.
I predict it will add to their brushing motivation! 😎
@bebookled Jesus shows that those in grief are not to be dismissed, rushed, or left alone.
Weep with them, enter their sorrow. Listen more than you speak. Remain present.
Love them the way Jesus would.
@bebookled "Because God is love, he invites us to question his love: its nature, its unfolding, the confusing and terrible ways it does and does not make sense,
His love can hold our rage, our doubt, our cynicism, our pain. Love holds us together as we come apart."
- Pastor Dan Braga
@loobah_l@jessegenet I like how @RS4K_gravitas is unique in teaching science with atoms and molecules as a foundation, instead of waiting until later years to introduce the atomic world like most other curriculums.
@potamopotos God please comfort this whole family in the deep knowing that their beloved boy is not gone but still with us, in the next chapter, dancing with Jesus and all will be beautiful and whole again in Gods timing.
The future is bright, even if it doesn’t feel that way now.
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