Education is a whole life endeavor. We begin teaching our children the moment they are born. They begin learning the day they arrive in our world. Our children’s educational experiences are many years old the first time our children enter a school building to begin their formal education. We must now include our child’s teacher. A triad is born, a critical triad in the educational life of any child.

I will explore the Critical Triad and ways it can be strengthened in all communities.

I am a mother. I have three excellent children, and they permeate my thoughts. Their education, their relationships, their joy, the world they are growing up in all spend time making their imprint on what I think about from day to day. I am a mother thinker.

It isn’t that I think only about my children. It is that being a mother is the lens through which my thoughts naturally pass. It keeps my focus looking out, looking out at my children, at their schools, at their friends, our community and our world. It may be easier than looking in at myself, but fear not, I can do some of that too. I probably will write less about my own introspection than my outward thoughts and observations.

I hope you’ll join in conversation with me. We’ll sharpen our minds together. Challenge me. Make me defend what I say. Agree or disagree with me, question me. Tell your thoughts. Are you a mother thinker consumed with thoughts and words today?