Gordon is on his tablet on the back room couch, nestled against one particular arm — a spot that I also favor for sitting and scrolling, as it conceals the lounger from view of any family members elsewhere on the first floor.
I just sat down for a quick email break with lunch and read your whole essay at once. Sending good thoughts to your family, and thank you for a lovely piece of writing and very recognizable view into the inside of a parent's/mom's brain. It's amazing at times to realize so many of us are going around with, if not necessarily the same, but similar worries and thoughts and experiences.
Thank you!! I feel the same, this is kind of our first Big Fears About Our Kids' Well-Being rodeo and it is so humbling to realize how many other people have just been quietly humming with their version of these thoughts and anxieties, all this time.
I love your writing. You are so reflective and honest here.
At the beginning of this year, my three year old had a terrible time transitioning to his new preschool. One day we got a behavior report that was SEVEN SCREENSHOTS LONG. I almost died. It was absolutely terrible and I felt so unable to do anything. Things are much better now, but that shame and guilt feeling of not knowing how to help is still so fresh to me.
I just sat down for a quick email break with lunch and read your whole essay at once. Sending good thoughts to your family, and thank you for a lovely piece of writing and very recognizable view into the inside of a parent's/mom's brain. It's amazing at times to realize so many of us are going around with, if not necessarily the same, but similar worries and thoughts and experiences.
Thank you!! I feel the same, this is kind of our first Big Fears About Our Kids' Well-Being rodeo and it is so humbling to realize how many other people have just been quietly humming with their version of these thoughts and anxieties, all this time.
I read this, alternating between “holy shit, is she in my house?” And “we need a beer-commiseration hour to discuss”.
We got The Progress Report of Doom in January and have been on a similar roller coaster. It’s so hard to navigate and manage.
Thank you for sharing💚
I love your writing. You are so reflective and honest here.
At the beginning of this year, my three year old had a terrible time transitioning to his new preschool. One day we got a behavior report that was SEVEN SCREENSHOTS LONG. I almost died. It was absolutely terrible and I felt so unable to do anything. Things are much better now, but that shame and guilt feeling of not knowing how to help is still so fresh to me.
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Thank you!! And oh my god not a multi-paragraph behavior report for a THREE YEAR OLD (skull emoji) I'm glad he's doing better!