#frustrated

This is our second year in school, and halfway through the year they started sending homework from the #UFLI program. Two pages per week — our first real experience with “homework.” But the problem isn’t the homework itself… it’s what it asks for: decoding CVC words, reading, understanding, and even drawing what was understood.

For several weeks we tried to do it, but my son doesn’t understand it, gets frustrated, and loses interest. One day I wrote to the teacher saying we would only do one...

Today was the #birthday of one of Lucien’s best friends. He is a child somewhere in the #autism spectrum, and we spent some time at his house playing and celebrating.

At one point, they were playing table football, a friendly game to 10 points. Lucien was winning by two, then something surprised me.

Every time Lucien scored, his friend became #frustrated and upset. It felt like losing was becoming too much for him.

Lucien noticed it.

Without saying anything, he changed the way he played. He...