Really, what's love got to do with it?

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"He responds well because he knows you love him."


My son's former teacher reached this conclusion when she observed that all the while that we were talking along the sidewalk, my son was sitting quietly behind me in our bike.  It was the first time that she saw my son in more than four months.  Before I came to Thailand, my wife could not talk to anyone she met on the street for more than a few seconds if my son was with him.  He would wail and wriggle until his mom began to pedal again.  Now, due to the intervention that I have been implementing since December, he doesn't mind if I stop to say hello and have a chat with friends we see on the streets.  He patiently waits, and if ever he gets bored, he tells me that he

Classroom in the bathroom

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In the middle of an activity, my son would run into the bathroom.  Giggling, he would wait for me to call him, or for me to go to the bathroom and to prompt him to return to our study area.  He would not cry when I lead him back to his chair.  He would laugh and drop on the floor because every part of his body would be so sensitive that he would be tickled by the slightest touch.  He would need several minutes to calm down.  It was December 2011 and we just started