
RON SUSKIND: He's hitting all of his markers.ĬORNELIA SUSKIND: Maybe the very first thing that happened was he stopped sleeping. JAD: Their youngest son Owen, who to that point had been a totally normal chatty almost three-year-old. RON SUSKIND: We start sort of noticing something's amiss.

And as soon as they arrived in Washington. RON SUSKIND: You know, I had this senior National Affairs job at the Journal.ĬORNELIA SUSKIND: Have a nice last night in your cribby. ROBERT: They decide to relocate from Boston to Washington, DC. ROBERT: And their two sons, Walt and Owen.ĬORNELIA SUSKIND: Walter is about five, and Owen is about two-and-a-half. ROBERT: In 1993, the Suskind family decided to make a big move. RON SUSKIND: Do you know where you're sleeping tomorrow? What kind of bed are you and Walter going to sleep in? OWEN SUSKIND: I still can't - I still can't watch.ĬORNELIA SUSKIND: You still can't watch it? Can you tell us about your crib, Owen? Do you like your crib? RON SUSKIND: And - and it was an exciting time.ĬORNELIA SUSKIND: Well, we're going into Owen's room for what is his last night in the crib. JAD: Let's start where - where Ron started. And some of you may have heard it, some not. ROBERT: So part of this tale we got from Ron Suskind's new wonderful book Life Animated. JAD: And if you're the parent of that boy, what do you do if your child is falling away from everything you know?

Not into thin air, but to a place that we know very, very little about. And we're like, "That cannot be our - that cannot be our son."
