**Princeton has taught me how to mother more patiently and intentionally a child with a sensitivity disorder. Also being diagnosed with having a very high tolerance for pain and many of his pain sensors have not been activated yet was very challenging for me. Luckily I had 4 months to get to know more of what he needed in order to parent him more effectively. **Ayden has taught me that there are soooo many effective ways to communicate with your child who struggles with ADHD without being loud. Unfortunately I'm naturally loud and I have to make sure that he doesn't feel when I'm talking loud I'm screaming at him, so I have been intentionally working on making sure my voice is softer. **Karleigh has taught me that a child will always need their mother no matter what age. As she is my oldest, I have been giving her more responsibility in an effort to prepare her for her next transition in life. I had to back away from that and my expectations of what the oldest child is "supposed" to ...