I was asked to share my list of pediatric dentist interview questions. 1. How do you help a reluctant child feel safe? 2. Are parents allowed in the room during dental checkups? 3. What types of pain relief, anesthesia and…
The Experience
The Experience
When Loving You Does Not Come Easy
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Sometimes I have to remind myself. I love you. I never forget the words, but sometimes the feeling seems strangely distant for something that I know to be so intense. It does not always come unbidden the way the first…
Language Toolkits, The Experience
I’m Not Afraid to Say No. (I Just Try Not To)
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There’s a lot of talk about “No”. About why not to use it, about why to use it, about being “afraid” of it.. It’s really not that big of a deal. It’s just that as a word it’s a closed…
The Experience
Day Two: Share One Thing that Has Helped You Become a More Gentle Parent
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My Share: For me, one of the things that has made the most impact on my ability to be a more gentle parent is this: I made the choice to try and model a different way of dealing with mistakes.…
The Experience
Day One: Share a Time When Gentle Parenting Helped You and Your Child Get Through a Difficult Situation
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My share: He was four and a half and having a rough week. He asked for a specific lunch and I agreed we could go to the grocery store together to get the lunch that we both wanted. When we…
The Experience
The Pace of My Life Had Changed
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With my first child it was all so rushed together. It felt like infancy would never end. Wakeups and diaper changes and naps and pajamas covered in spitup. Both his pajamas and mine. I was waiting for sleep and wondering…
The Experience
Is It Spoiling?
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Is it spoiling? Is it spoiling when a small child whines because his teeth hurt and he hasn’t developed the coping skills or perspective yet to know that it is a small and manageable pain? And you hug him close…
The Experience
Random Parenting Points and the Irrelevant Judgement of Others
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On Tuesday we went to the library and Target. We were returning books and picking up some new shoes for Keenie whose feet undergo pretty regular growth spurts. The kids were pretty severely off-routine because I had been sick over…
The Experience
More Than One Way to Help a Child Past Fears
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“Tell me a story!” she says, the lights off and her little face barely visible in the nightlight-lit room. “Once upon a time…” I begin. “There was a little kitten.” “AND A MONSTER!” she interjects, her face rapt with imagined…
The Experience
Goodnight, 2014
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Goodnight, twenty-fourteen and all that you have brought to my life. All the changes, personal growth, new friends and old and strengthened friendships. All the little moments that scattered themselves across the year. Dark warm room that catches the heat…