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Out Of The Chaos: Notes On Raising Nine Independent Children

Raising the High-Achiever by Lex de Azevedo As a young father I valued achievement.  After all, aren’t high-achievers at less risk for self-destructive behavior?  Aren’t high-achievers part of the solution, and low-achievers part of the problem?  Aren’t high achievers the ones that change the world? It all started the day she was born.  She was our third child. This was the third time we had taken the birthing classes.  We knew the drill well and were totally prepared…well, almost totally prepared.  I don’t recall the exact timing, or sequence of events; I just remember barely having enough time to put …

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Ransacked!

Since the release of our new website and blog, many of you have requested that we post this article written by Lex de Azevedo, President of Signing Time, and father of Rachel Coleman and Emilie Brown. We included the original article in one of our newsletters that we put out earlier this year, but like it so much that we want to share it again. If you would like to begin receiving newsletters, visit our Monthly Newsletter Home Page. This article is an excerpt from Out of the Chaos: Notes on Raising Nine Independent Children Ransacked! June 2008 by Lex …

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