The ‘S-word’ and choosing Option 3

"Mom, what's the s-word?" It comes so innocently; no mischief, no fanfare. She's sitting working on her phonics, a page of "s-blends" images before her – snail; shirt; slow. It's the most natural place in the world for this thought to crop up in her six-year-old mind, this memory of a recent school-time conversation. Are we in a scene scripted for a TV show?

"Mom, what's the s-word?" It comes so innocently; no mischief, no fanfare. She's sitting working on her phonics, a page of "s-blends" images before her – snail; shirt; slow. It's the most natural place in the world for this thought to crop up in her six-year-old mind, this memory of a recent school-time conversation. Are we in a scene scripted for a TV show?…