Have you as a parent wring your hands in despair at the thought of getting your child to read? Help is here in my latest book, “The Gift of Reading”. When my twin daughters were born, I like every other parent, dreamed of a happy successful future for them. My heart was filled with so much…
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As women, we are always taught to compromise, to give in, to adjust. And we do that so well. We give in to our parents, we give in to our husbands, we give in to our kids. We compromise and adjust so well, that at times we forget who we were to begin with. And…
Read moreWhy Kids Don’t Come With Instruction Manuals.
She came to pick her little daughter up from my language development class. And she looked harassed. Now, she is normally not a mother to look like that, so I asked her what was wrong. “Sunita,” she said, almost in tears, “I feel like such a bad mother. I don’t know what to do.” “Why?…
Read moreMy daughter, a wife!
I can still remember your first kick, The wonder of that tiny bubble of a movement within me, The love that flooded my heart and brought tears to my eyes. I remember how you would wake up, With a cheerful toothless smile, Bringing sunshine to my day Your first words, your first steps, The first…
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