Open Doors
Chapter 7a: Roles for Parents Experience It
Home Visitor: Omar.
Mom: Good morning. Good morning.
Home Visitor: Oh, yay! How are you? Hi, guys. How are you?! Hey, Earl. How are you? He's trying to figure it out.
Mom: Yeah, that's it. He's doing all right, yeah?
Home Visitor: He's trying to figure it out. Put those together.
[Chuckle]
Home Visitor: That's good. He's like a scientist: He's exploring.
Mom: And then, you need --
Home Visitor: Yeah. He's trying to figure it out.
Mom: Oh, look. Other way. I'll help you, okay? Omar, one second. I'm helping. Omar, you see? Omar.
Omar. Omar, you see? This one. No, this one. Second one.
Home Visitor: Oh, look, he's figured it out, how it goes together. Look! Oh, he's figured it out.
Mom: Omar, you see? Omar. Omar! You see? [Chuckle] Put here. No, this way. Yes, you see? Omar, you see? Come, doing this one here. Omar. Eh. Omar, huh, here. Doing this one.
This one. This one, first. Here. You see? This way, uh-huh. There. You see? Ooh! Look. You see? Uh-huh. Omar, you see? Uh-huh. Unh-hnh!
Home Visitor: He wants to be independent, right?
Mom: That's it. Wow!
Home Visitor: He's figured it out, how it works. Does it go together, Omar? Look, they go together. They fit together.
Mom: Yes, and put here. This one. Yes, uh-huh. Omar, you see here? Fix it. This one. No, another way.
his way. You see? Huh, huh? This way. This way. Here. Here. Here. Omar, here. You see? Here. Here.
his one. Like this. You see? You see? Don't put it like that. Yes. Omar, put this here. This one. Put. Yes, uh-huh. Fix it! Ah!
Home Visitor: Oh, you got it! You put it all together! Hard work. You worked hard, Omar!
Mom: Fix it, huh. Uh-oh. [laughter] Fix it. Yes, Omar. [clapping] Good boy.
