Life Became
More Ordinary
As childhood progressed, other parts of life began to matter more.
School brought homework, friendships, teachers, exams, and the everyday challenges experienced by young people everywhere.
Kevin made friends who knew him as a person rather than as the unusually large baby people had heard about.Planning Family Activities
Those friendships were important.
They showed him that people who genuinely knew him were interested in his sense of humor, personality, interests, and character.
His birth story might have been unusual, but his childhood still contained many ordinary experiences.
He laughed with friends.
He dealt with disappointments.
He learned new skills.
He made mistakes.Locating Child Care
He discovered what he enjoyed and what he didn’t.
Those experiences slowly became more significant than the attention surrounding his birth.
The story of the remarkable newborn became something in his past rather than something controlling his future.
