blurt, chew

I was listening to Bill O'Reilly on the radio today and he claimed that people naturally become more conservative as they grow older. That's a pretty big generalization, but I'm sure it's true for some people, though not all. I think people naturally become more true to who they really are as they grow older. I'm trying to become more accepting, more thoughtful and less blurt-ful. That's just the short list.

Today we loaded up and went to school for first-quarter conferences. A is for Awesomedaughters. The teachers for both of the girls said they're putting together more challenging material since that's obviously what they need at this point.

Boss' teacher had one small concern - she noticed that our child has a gross habit of needing to chew on things like pencils, paper, sleeves, whatever. She said the school's therapist might have some safe, appropriate chewable thing... hm, what? Just looked it up, here's what a doc said in reply to another mom-of-a-chewer: More than likely this behavior is indicative of tension/anxiety, and the chewing relaxes the tension. Arrange an evaluation with a clinical psychologist or other pediatric mental health professional.

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