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Learning from Kids
We often hear parenting stories from our friends, our family, and even the people in the next table across from us in a coffee shop.
It’s not unheard of to hear tips on how to get your toddler to stop biting their nails, how to get them to nap after eating, how to get them to do chores around the house, etc.
As our kids get older, we are put in a position to offer them sage advice on dating, mending a broken heart, choosing friends, and even on selecting a course in college.
At every stage of their childhood, we see ourselves as the designated teachers. But we sometimes don’t realize that we learn valuable lessons from them too.
Here are crumbs of wisdom from our little nuggets:
The now
For kids, there is no tomorrow, no next week for going back to jungle gym, no next year for their next birthday. There is only now, and that’s what matters, that’s when they want it, that’s just how it is.
While we all need to learn how to delay gratification, there is much to be learned in how kids don’t settle for ‘later’.
They remind us that sometimes wanting something now and getting it can be better than saving it for later and being disappointed.
There’s always a beauty in learning to enjoy the present moment, especially for adults who are always looking to the future.
No means no
No matter who you are, whether you’re the President of Google, of the United States of America, or whoever you are, when your child says they don’t wanna, they don’t wanna (though it doesn’t always mean they’re off the hook).
They learn to assert themselves even as toddlers learning to say no to naps, to veggies, and to anything that’s remotely good for them.
But hey, they know how to say no. Do you?
Unlike us, kids aren’t too inclined to please everybody.
If anything, they’re out to test their limits. So the next time you really don’t want to do something and it will take valuable time out of you, get in touch with the child within and just say no.
“Help!”
One of the hardest things to say and do is to ask for help from anyone. At least for some people, that’s the case.
At a certain age, when kids start to realize they’re capable of doing things by themselves like holding up a bottle, picking up a toy, or feeding themselves, they don’t want you to extend any help to them.
They want to do things by themselves. Not because of pride, but because they get a sense of independence and it feels good to them.
Now, if they see that the snack they want is way up on the refrigerator or that they really can’t solve their homework, they realize that they need help and ask you for it without hesitation.
The same goes for us adults.
When we realize the things we can do for ourselves, it’s quite liberating. But there will come a time we’ll come across a few things that we can’t do ourselves.
Why is it that it takes more effort for us to ask the help we need?
Remember, we’re not out to do things by ourselves for pride, to prove something, or to compete with everybody else. We do it because we can, we’re independent, but it doesn’t mean we don’t need others entirely.
Keep trying
We often tell kids that it doesn’t matter if they fail, in class, at varsity tryouts, or at making friends. They will have another shot at it and they should keep an open mind to try.
Well, when adults are concerned, a lot of us get discouraged more easily.
Egos are bruised, pride gets too hard to swallow, and the embarrassment just keeps getting harder to live down.
The thing is, it doesn’t matter if you’re an adult and you still keep making mistakes.
It never stops.
There’s no menopause or biological deadlines for mistakes nor is there one for improvement.
Choose to be better. Always.
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Heather