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“We have over 1,000 combinations of cabinets for you to choose from,” said the salesperson at the kitchen cabinet design center. “I already know what I want,” I replied. “Cherry cabinets with slab doors.” “Are you sure you don’t want to look around for a bit? We have so many choices,” she said. “Let’s just […]
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“Candy, please,” asked my grand-nephew, who was then 18 months old. As he entered my mother’s house, he spied the green-lidded jar that, for generations, had held miniature chocolate bars, mainly for the children. As I lifted the lid so he could fetch a candy bar, I remarked, “That’s the last piece of candy in […]
As I read to my grandchildren last weekend at the Oregon Coast, one of the signposts of healthy, normal development in children came clearly into focus. The love of working alone. Sometimes I think this idea of children loving to work alone gets misinterpreted. It’s not that children want to be in a room by […]
Even though modern media often portrays young children as clumsy, loud, and noisy, children who are on a path of normal, healthy development—what Montessori called normalization—have a love of silence. Watching a six-week-old baby playing with a floor mobile, I see a child who is wide-eyed and quiet. It seems as though the child is using […]
In my many years of working with young children, there is one question I hear frequently from parents and teachers: How do I get children to listen to me? When we are confronted with tantrums, defiant behavior, or worse, it’s difficult to know what to do. But these situations are usually avoidable, or at least […]
The smell of our favorite gluten-free chocolate muffins wafted from the oven. My five-year-old granddaughter stood on a stool at the sink, washing the mixing bowl. “Grandma,” she said, “when the muffins come out, can we have a tea party?” “What a wonderful idea,” I said. At this point, you may imagine that a tea […]
The fire drill was in full operation. The sound of the alarm hammered throughout the school building. My job was to inspect each classroom, closet, bathroom, and nook to make sure there were no children left behind. As I entered the last classroom, there in the corner, hidden by shelves, was Jennifer, quietly building an […]
The clock face stared at me. 1:00 AM. Again. The red digital numbers mocked me as I tossed and turned. Again, it was 1:00 AM, and if the pattern held steady, I wouldn’t be asleep again until after three. As a mom with young children and a husband who traveled frequently on business, the thought […]
