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Exploring the Parent-Child-Nature Relationship

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Study Reflection 2                                        Inglewood Bird Sanctuary                                     April 30, 2016

5/3/2016

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 Tired
With a ready to live in contrary to my suggestions - son
Worried
What other conflicts besides getting dressed and into the car with arise today
Ok the step of getting into the car again proves to be the hardest 
We are rolling, horizon is ahead
Although it is not bright there are possibilities
There are trains
There are snacks
There is a snack blanket and a family nature club blanket my son observes...or proclaims!
​There are families
"When are we going home?"
We are carried forward, not backward, on a wave of families
Momentum to keep going, to turn ideas of home, for now, into...
birds
deer
snacks
dirt
Hide and seek
Energy and play is beckoned by the old brick house
Kids take charge
There are no hesitations
"Let the wild rumpus begin!" 
Going home is forgotten
Believe it or not...the sun comes out
Tired but free of parent-child tensions
​We stay





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