Quote #24
"It's a slow process, but quitting won't speed it up."
March 7, 2018                     Thirty-second Edition
Greetings!

As a parent of a child with RAD, do you ever feel like you are going to go crazy just from how sloooooooow your child is?! Slow to move, answer, work, eat, - everything?!

It's such a common situation with our kiddos that one of the jobs we teach them is to be Fast & Snappy (you've heard of this, but it probably seems like a far-off, mythical thing in your house).

So, until your child gets motivated to want to get healthy and work on their life, let's embrace the slowness. Here are some things to help you do just that!

Enjoy!

With love,
Sooo cute, and ooooh sooo slooow
A sloth's fur is covered in symbiotic fungi and algae, providing food and shelter for up to 950 moths, beetles, cockroaches, and worms at a time. Slow, but helpful.

If your child moves slowly enough they may become a home to insects and dust bunnies that would otherwise be left roaming around your house. AWESOME!
You may need to do the Official Sloth Test on your child: Check them all over for dust and bugs, tickle them to make sure all the stuff falls off,
and then listen and dance to The Sloth Song together.
**This is best done when they are in their most slothful state
The largest living sea snails can weigh up to 40 pounds. A garden snail's top speed is 50 yards/hour.

If this sounds like your child you may want to check that it IS in fact your child, and not a giant snail slooowly moving about your home.
Snail-on-Valium-paced progress is STILL PROGRESS .
This one is my favourite. Besides being cute, turtles symbolize so much about our kiddos.

"In Native American lore, turtles indicate a symbol of longevity, endurance, persistence, and the continuation of life (sometimes against incredible odds)."
Isn't that a great way to think of slowness? Next time your child slooowly walks around the house or slooowly gets their chores done, think of the turtle!

Turtles are also a symbol of the pace at which nature grows; seedlings don't turn into trees in a week. Sod only becomes grass after months of careful tending. Damaged hearts don't heal instantly. It all takes time. Turtle-paced time.

Q: What do you get when you cross a turtle and a porcupine?
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A: a slow-poke. 
When you ask your child a question and they take forever to answer:
Take this as an opportunity to dance, tell a joke, or drink coffee.
"For I know the plans I have for you", declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you HOPE and a FUTURE."
Jeremiah 29:11