| Sometimes the solution is to forget about the larger problem and be physically comforting to your
child right then, that moment, and smile and sit in a rocking chair or something. Enough sweet little moments like that, and "the big problems" don't seem so big. |  |
 | The patterns you and your children see are worth exploring and expanding. The connections you make are your model of the moment, and ultimately part of your model of the universe—past, present, future, imagined, revised, spooky and sweet. |
| An unschooling moment of realization (one of those things that you know, but have a moment of knowing it even more): Learning is learning whether or not it's planned or recorded or officially on the menu. Calories are calories whether or not the eating is planned or recorded or officially on the menu. —Pam Sorooshian |  |
| "I'm amazed at not only the change in me but also how the little changes in our family form random, occasional pockets of warmth and peace. Hopefully, those little pockets will get larger and more frequent until we are fairly awash in it!" |  |
A ten year old boy was being unkind to his five year old brother. Their mom thought it was partly from the older boy having been treated badly when he was in school, and wrote, "Some of those memories and hurt feelings have carried over and he's still
My response: You could tell him that he will help himself heal and feel better by being the kind of person he would like for his brother to become. (Nicer than the kids at school.) |
