Empirical evidence that children are not colourblind
I have to admit that I have carried out two small psychological tests on my own child. Don’t get me wrong, these aren’t the weird Pavlovian type behavioral psychology tests or Harlow and his...
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My little alien and I…
I’ve been beating the attachment parenting drum a bit over the last two weeks due to some stuff I’ve been reading and hearing that’s made me sad. For example, someone said to me two...
Plane, train or automobile…
Last Saturday…no, wait, has it been that long? I mean the Saturday before last, as in the 27th July, was the most trying day of my life.And it was also the most rewarding day...
The D word
It’s been a busy few weeks. Between work and being silly enough to check my work e-mails while I’m at home, I’ve been busy, stressed and having sleepless nights in equal measures. But I’ve...
One rainy Irish day….
Today was the day of the great MORNING OFF. For those not familiar with this day, it’s the one day in the week when Krys takes care of Roz for the whole morning and...
All’s well that ends…
This last week, Roz and I were exploring the art (or should that be language?) of baby signing. Very basically, baby sign language came from observations that the children of deaf parents are able...
when sorry seems to be the hardest of words.
Margaret Laurence once said, “In some families, please is described as the magic word. In our house, however, it was sorry.” I can most definitely say that when I was growing up, my family...
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