azurelunatic | Parenting, continued

Shared some of the progress Little Fayoumis has made. From before, when he and his Mommy lived with Grandma, he came to the Temple ducking, flinching, and covering his ears whenever he was disciplined. He still occasionally does that, but he has no reason to, anymore. We want him to be self-disciplined, and well-behaved, even when he doesn't want to be, but not cowed and frightened.

(This fall, when we all went to the Open House, he demonstrated to me that he was better-behaved than his fellow kindergarteners, relatively if not absolutely, and had more strong parental influence over what was acceptable behavior and what was not. )

Marx was enlightened to know that the ducking, flinching, and covering ears is a holdover from it previously being worse, and not something in itself that we should be worried about. It's generally limited to flinching if someone's voice gets harsher than normal (that is to say, if anyone starts sounding like Grandma in a bad mood), or putting hands near ears as if to cover them if someone's saying something and he doesn't want to listen (doesn't happen often either).

Expounded more on greenhouse/cryochamber. Growing up is rough on everyone.