Archive for 'Forgiving Our Kids'

Meanness, emotions, and an Antidote

December 9th, 2007 – 8:29 am

On Friday, my older son was mean to another child during a parent breakfast. Thus, not only was I present but so was the other boy’s mother and many other parents. A good thing because we were there and could intervene. A bad thing because we were there and could intervene.
Two days earlier, […]

Mantra: Metta for my own

November 27th, 2007 – 1:39 am

The other day I was sitting in my car in the school parking lot waiting for one of my children to be either retrieved or deposited. I forget which because most of my days are spent in a never-ending, dizzying loop between home and school. Since moving to the suburbs of Boston, this has become […]