We're doing something right

I'm sure that every parent worries that they're teaching their child the right things. Olivia already spends so much time away from both of us while she's at school, we worry that the lessons that we work so hard to teach her at home are forgotten the second she leaves the house. I know that this will be a constant issue as Olivia gets older and is susceptible to more outside influences and more peer pressure BUT in the mean time we know we're on the right track....

In addition to her weekly one-on-one sessions with her speech therapist Olivia also has a speech teacher come to her classroom for an hour and a half each week to work with her. Mike and I look forward to reading the reports from these sessions every Wednesday night. Tonight's report included proof that we are indeed on the right track. Olivia's favorite words are please and thank you! Olivia's teacher also wrote about how during their session Olivia saw that one of the other girls in her class was sad. Olivia got up and went over to sit by her friend and rub her back till she felt better. Granted Olivia left her speech teacher mid-sentence to go attend to her friend (I'm sure there will be plenty of time later for discussions about priorities and focus) but she saw that someone was sad and went to comfort them. Olivia is indeed learning the lessons of kindness and compassion at home and she doesn't forget them the second she leaves the house! We're doing something right!