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My Genetic Testing Update
We’ve been
on a journey in our family to get to the root of some of the issues we’ve been
having. The first issue we started addressing was Henry’s struggle with self-regulation.
It’s something we heard from teachers for multiple years before we finally took
action. When he was five years-old, we started him in a play-based therapy.
When his issues didn’t resolve themselves, we had him get tested by a
neuro-behavioralist (recommended by the therapist). Those results came back
pretty inconclusive. He said Henry might have ADHD in a few years but for now
it just looks like anxiety.He didn’t… Read More
have any solid answers about why a five -
How to Raise Children Who Aren’t Entitled
Or at least:
“Things we are trying in order to not raise entitled children.”My children
are doing a lot of things lately that I don’t like. They sigh if I ask them to
do something (or try to flat out refuse).Meanwhile, I’m
reading Little House on the Prairie and marveling at how much work the children
do to contribute to the home.First I got… Read More
the idea to create a more specific chore chart so that it was very clear to Henry
and Tate what their responsibilities were and how they would grow over time
(since part of the problem was that Henry was frequently complaining that Tate -
Using Bamboo for Privacy
There’s a new house going up next door (let me know if you want to be neighbors!), which means we now have second-story windows, a garage, and a front door staring straight into our shower and our master bedroom.I googled some information about bamboo and came across a place on my side of town (East Austin) called Bamboo Your Privacy. They only sell clumping bamboo, which is non-invasive.The boys and I booked an appointment and visited their land to decide what we wanted. The taller and more established bamboo is, the more expensive it is. We decided on “medium” bamboo that will grow 20-30′ for the… Read More
