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"These Children Come Here to Grow Us Up"
I wrote the beginning of this in 2023. When I put my youngest son on the special education preschool bus last school year, I smiled and waved at a tiny girl usually wearing pink. She sometimes returned that smile and said "hi". Later, I helped in my autistic son's classroom and discovered other funny things about the little girl: she always lost her shoes (or took them off), she loved dumping everything out, and she could be stubborn and yell "no!" when you asked her to put it away.
By Eileen Davis19 days ago in Families
When Desire Replaces Compassion
When the river first arrived in Devpur, it was not called a miracle. It was simply water, flowing where water always had. It curved around the village like a patient guardian, feeding fields, filling wells, and cooling tired feet at dusk. Children learned to swim in it before they learned to write their names. Elders sat by its banks every evening, arguing about harvests and memories with equal seriousness. No one thought to own it. No one thought to sell it.
By Ibrahim Shah 19 days ago in Families
5 Concepts of Consent To Teach Your Toddlers
My name is Mom - and I am a sexual assault survivor. My first experience with sexual assault happened when I was young enough to have trouble remembering exactly what happened. I remember being under the blankets. I remember the hand. I remember trying to wriggle free, only for that hand to squeeze my leg so hard that it felt like it would break.
By Hope Martin21 days ago in Families
Guiding Families Toward Emotional Strength with Professor Carlton Jama Adams. AI-Generated.
Parenting in the modern era can feel overwhelming. Families are raising children amid constant digital engagement, heightened academic pressure, and growing conversations around emotional health and identity. These influences shape daily life and often leave parents questioning whether they are doing enough or doing it right. In the midst of this uncertainty, the family centered perspective shared by Professor Carlton Jama Adams offers clarity. His approach emphasizes emotional awareness, steady structure, and respectful guidance as the foundation for raising confident and resilient children.
By Carlton Adams24 days ago in Families
The Day My Mother Didn’t Yell And Why I’ll Never Forget It
My mother was known for her voice long before she was known for her hugs. It filled rooms before she did. It cut through walls, through doors, through whatever distance we tried to put between ourselves and her anger. Growing up, yelling was not an event in our house—it was an atmosphere. It meant something was wrong. It meant someone had disappointed her. It meant I should shrink, move faster, speak less.
By sasanka perera27 days ago in Families
The Light That Remembered Us. AI-Generated.
The cold in Chicago didn't just bite; it owned the streets. It was the kind of February wind that whistled through the gaps in the window frames of the high-rise, a constant, low-frequency reminder that the world outside was indifferent to human comfort. Inside Apartment 42B, the air was different. It was clean, filtered, and smelled faintly of the expensive lemon-scented disinfectant used by the cleaning crew that came every Thursday. It was a home, theoretically, but to Clara, it often felt like a gallery where she was one of the exhibits.
By George Evanabout a month ago in Families
