The Screening Room
Our babe may have a future in human resources.
She’s both a little cautious (strangers have to earn the love), and – we think – highly tuned in to people. Even with her recent spell of anxiety (related to school and home transition), she’ll still warm up quickly to some strangers. Current evidence: our new landlord, who stopped by to fix a couple of things in our flat and unexpectedly was sequestered by Laurel to help with a lizard puzzle. (Maybe it was a sixth sense thing; turns out the landlord has extensive knowledge about lizards.)
Anyhow, Laurel's skills inadvertently came to use at her day care, during a search for a new toddler teacher. The candidates spent time in the toddler room, and when Laurel made an immediate connection with one of them, it was informally decided that teachers to whom Laurel warmed up quickly should be offered a job. I think the line actually was something like “If this person meets Laurel's approval, any of the kids will like her!”
While I feel a bit bad for any terrific candidates who didn’t make “Laurel’s Cut,” her judgment does seem to hold. I just met the new toddler teacher the other day and she seems fabulous.
