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The first time Bonnie and I brought our grandchildren together for a visit, we played a drawing game with four-year-old Caroline, each of us drawing our version of a cat, or a dog, or a flower. As we drew, we talked, and Bonnie said to me, “This is what is most important” and she wrote the word “WITH” on her paper. Meaning: doing things WITH children — engaging with them, partnering with them, seeing things as they are seen with young eyes. When we gathered up the papers, I noticed that Caroline had been listening, because she had written the word WITH on her own paper, as if to remember a word that must be, and is, very important. In fact, it’s one of the most important words for parents to keep in mind. Here are some new books about parents and children being WITH each other.
The family in Knit Together by Angela Dominguez certainly knows the meaning of WITH. The girl loves to draw, her mom loves to knit. Each of them wishes she were blessed with the other’s talents, but attempts to learn get all tied up in knots. Hmph! But they have a brainstorm: how about a collaboration, ...