Talk

I am glad that I was inspired to see if you had posted anything. I had not checked in a long while because you had not been posting. The posting today is just wonderful. I read it just after reading Ann Coulter's column about the death of her mom. For some reason, your take on mothering tied in perfectly with her reminiscences of her mother.
I can add nothing except that I will reread it.
As a teacher who views education as a conversation as well as a story with a beginning, a middle and an ending, your insights on the importance of engagement and conversation and respect for the dignity of " even a baby" are spot on. I think another name for this could be called the civilizing influence of parenting/mothering/fathering.
I think I am babbling. What I am trying to say is
" excellent post and well worth rereading and sharing with my address book and

I have been rather distracted for awhile with the death of my Daddy and then with the racing season starting up again, but I hope to be back at the blog more regularly soon. The great-grands are now reaching toddler age, and to see their parenents and elder siblings ignoring the whole Baby Einstein thing and actually leading the babies by example is charming. I really believe this generation that was raised by hippies with no stability is going back to what actually worked to the advantage of the children. Its a relief to see at least the sign of this!