rituals and routines

Mommy Mondays: Holding What’s Sacred

August 5, 2013
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Following the religious definitions, in the very last entry, the Merriam-Webster dictionary defines “sacred” as “highly valued and important.” My children and I have these little rituals, these interactive patterns of engagement through which we are letting the other know that he or she is loved. I have different rituals for my son and different […]

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Mommy Monday: Rituals and the Caregiver-Child Bond

April 29, 2013
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A fellow graduate music therapy student recently defended her master’s thesis. The defense itself was amazing, but what was even more amazing was her research—a heuristic, grounded theory study that explored how community-based music groups support bonding and attachment in adoptive families. Her research is worth a blog series and more . . . but, […]

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Mommy Mondays: The Art of the Morning Routine

September 4, 2012
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There is an art to the morning routine. The ability to get two adults and two children exercised, fed, dressed, cleaned up, lunches packed, beds made, teethed brushed, hair done, and out the door in a matter of hours. Over the past couple of weeks—following our big back-to-school-and-starting-kindergarten transition—we have our morning routine down pat. […]

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