Tag Archives: social awareness

When Fairness Becomes Important

With three kids very close in age, trying to keep things fair and equitable has always been a family priority. But, I have noticed that not all of my kids have been as focused on “fairness” and, as a matter of fact, recently my fifteen-year-old son has become very focused on what is and isn’t fair—both within our household walls and out in the world at large. In doing a little research on child development, I find that this is a typical developmental process—trying to balance out what is going on in the world and around a person, with what … Continue reading →

Author Review — Maya Angelou

Called “America’s Poet Laureate,” Maya Angelou has done more to forward African American literature than quite possibly any author we’ve had to date. Her words are powerful, earthy, moving and inspirational, but there was a time when she didn’t feel that way. She was abused by her mother’s boyfriend as a child, and when she told what had happened, her uncle beat the abuser to death. Maya became convinced that her words had killed a man, and from the age of eight, when the incident happened, until she was thirteen, she would not speak. Sent to live with her grandmother … Continue reading →