Who do you see in costume?

 (Image from here.)

The multiple lens glasses from the movie National Treasure nicely represent the idea I want to convey.

 

I see through the lens of life as a developmental process.

 

An-other lens on my particular pair of multiple lens glasses is that of a therapist – seeing how people move and function.

 

According to some of the recent parenting advice I’ve read, analyzing child development might be a natural part of my cohort (baby boomers).

 

Enhancing child development is social mainstream in the 21^st century.

 

 

If you pay attention

 

 

 

to details.

 

 

And not everybody does.

 

 

 

For example

 

 

 

the finer points of throwing a sheet over yourself

 

 

 

 

 

and screaming

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

might be lost on more than a few adult-aged persons.

 

 

 

Another whole group live with the vision of ~
I liked it when I was a kid and so my children will enjoy it, too.
[Representing an inability to get outside of oneself.]

 

 

 

 

I feel fortunate to have learned my lens for seeing the intricacies of human development.

 

 

 

In the rare and more intelligent resilient group of persons who know intimately not-typical-child-development (including parents of a prematurely born infant incubating in a NICU) are those who also blog.

 

 

 

 

Us

 

 

 

 

*smile*

 

 

 

 

When from among Us some of you comply volunteer to display your lens by my prompting

 

 

 

 

 

*smile*

 

 

 

[I learned this long-separation-between-words-technique from Danielle.] 

 

 

 

For while we can see that over-managing our children’s learning can be counterproductive

 

 

 

 

we sometimes need reminding

 

 

 

 

that in the mere act of throwing a sheet over oneself

 

 

 

 

 

a child can become someone else.

 

 

 

 

 

In their mind.

 

 

 

 

Developing their mind.

 

 

 

 

And if we just supply the sheet

 

 

 

 

we can enjoy the show

 

 

 

 

*smile*

 

 

 

 

because we HAVE that lens.

 

 

 

 

 

While I think everyone who showed Us their lens in my Halloween contest

 

 

 

 

gets it

 

 

 

Mrs. Mac won the contest.

 

 

*smile*    

Comments

[Rich]

Do you see the person in the wheelchair or the person... Prof. Steven Hawkings... Do you see the troubled math student with ADD... Albert Einstein... Do you see the deaf-blind woman... Helen Keller...

Do you see a game of checkers or a way for a disabled child to work on fine motor skills... ;-)

[starrlife]

Congrats, Mrs. Mac!

[The Barbara who lives here]

Indeed, Rich, you have the perfect lens, uh, focus, with your (in)sight.

I'm suggesting here that everyone visit Rich, starrlife (click on their names) AND Candace at livingwithfaith04.blogspot.com/2009/10/miracle-veterans-respond.html

Candace has a little contest of her own going on - for just the next 2 days!

[Bethany]

Congrats, Mrs. Mac! You wrote a beautiful entry, and I love that your son has the ability to step into another version of himself and celebrate the joys of "trying on" another role. I wish we all had that ability and joy and fearlessness!

[carla]

Congratulations Mrs. Mac! I hope youir son has many many many more shiney times:)

[david]

congratulations mrs. mac!

[Mrs. Mac]

Wow, I am so excited to win. The only thing I've ever won was a turkey for Thanksgiving! Thank you Dr. B for the honor. I'll make the rounds to the other entries later today.

[Candace]

Thanks Dr. Boucher. I may have to extend the contest time b/c I have had very limited response!

[Your Therapy Source Inc]

Congrats Mrs. Mac - great post.
margaret