Baby Animals on the Farm

We have a local farm and we joined each year to be a part of their CSA (Community Support Agriculture). Members pay a set fee and they pick up produce from the farm once a week.  As part of our membership, they would let us know when the baby animals were born in the spring and we were allowed to go visit them.

It can feel very tough when your child struggles to make friends or find things to engage their interest. My loving, heartfelt advice is to join every small community within your town that you can find.  Who knows where your child will find a person with whom they connect or an idea that sparks their interest.

Library story hour? They might develop a sweet friendship.

Local farm? They might love picking their own fruits and veggies!

Unified sports at school? They might find out they love basketball.

Unified drumming? They might discover a passion for music.

You can always opt out of things that are not enriching your child’s life, but they may be happier in the long run if they have been exposed to lots of wonderful ways of interacting with others.  For us, the farm was a wonderful place to learn and grow.