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Chanya had a rough day today. First she was standing behind Joy and ended up getting smacked in the mouth when Joy swung her arms around. She cried, her mouth bleeding. I wiped her off and snuggled her. Something told me to give her a frozen washcloth to suck on, but Chanya is so sensitive, [...]

Say your child is the most inquisitive, sensitive, intelligent person. You love talking to him, filling his mind with wisdom every day. He alone is enough for you, and you are enough for him. Then you find yourself around other children, nasty little beasts. Those children are uncivilized, uncultivated, and…did that dirty little person just [...]

Well, the results are in… and they’re mixed. Imani, who never had problems with spelling, spelled 19/20 words correctly today, including ‘absence,’ which she had practiced incorrectly: ‘absense.’ She added a ‘d’ to admission, or some such word, which was disappointing to us both. Joyous, who usually struggles with spelling, initially misspelled 6 words out [...]