She's Normal!

My friend, Krista, is a Professor at Franklin & Marshall College here in Lancaster. She teaches in the Department of Psychology. Her interests are in cognitive development, with particular focus on the nature and development of concepts in young children.

Her current research investigates the development of artifact concepts, specifically children’s tool use and their understanding of purpose and design.
So, occasionally she will ask me to bring in one or more of my kids to do some fun "projects". Basically, her students do developmental research on my kids. This is very interesting and fun, so I'm always eager to get my kids involved. She recently did a study involving 2 year olds and Briar and I were happy to help.

I get to sit in the corner and watch while they ask Briar questions and show her objects. It's so fun to see how Briar will react. They videotape the whole thing. Afterwards, I asked what they expected her to do...they said, she did what every two year old does! Yes! Success! She's normal.