We don’t read as much as we used to about child development, but once in awhile I feel like, “better check the data to make sure there are no glitches”.
And, as I have mentioned before, we often rely on the Louise Bates Ames collection of books as a baseline for where are kids are at. Some of the material may feel dated, but in general we find the studies have been consistent with our own experiences. How often I see these books on the shelves of our trusted doctors and schools, I think it is not a bad place to start.
But it was with some trepidation that I ordered up a copy of “Your Ten Year Old…” because it seems like such a big deal. Then, when I noticed the full title “Your Ten-to-Fourteen Year-Old”, I was flummoxed.
Oh my, what exactly are we getting ourselves into!
The book remained unread or (even glanced at), on my side table for quite a while. But two things happened: The Pandemic wore on and my reading time increased and two, after a overdue visit to Luke’s doctor where he casually notified me that Luke was showing early signs of puberty, I internally pronounced:
Oh jeez, better open the book fast!
As with so many parenting moments of anguish, The written word calmed my worried soul. To paraphrase: Ten is calm, smart, collected, energetic, enthusiastic, smart, healthy and above all else filled with:
Equilibrium.
It describes our Luke with his many episodes of ups and downs and what one might expect from a thriving human being, so without further adieu, here is a few minutes of pure marble minded equilibrium from Master Luke.
my first thought when i saw luke’s amazing marble run was something david lynch said when we was talking about his parents and his life growing up.
to paraphrase “we were a project family.”
meaning they were always coming up with projects to do and as you can see that mindsight has taken mr lynch very far not only with outward success but with inward success as well.
i really love the last run luke has and before he said it i knew he was moving towards a continuous marble run. can’t wait to see it! amazing!