In the Eyes of a Child
Children.
They can amuse us with their wit, annoy us to death, and all other things in between. These past years, I have learned that we should not take children's intelligence for granted -- do not underestimate them.
Last night, my son, 8 years suddenly blurted, "Mommy, using your mobile phone while driving is very dangerous. You can cause an accident and you may hurt other people when you drive while using the mobile".
He even went ahead describing the "could-have-beens" should the unfortunate happens.
Ahmmm, too much tv?!
What?! Where did that come from?
Well, I am sure that he is not referring to me, because first and foremost, I was not driving at that time.
What I am sure though, is that, we as adults need to step up our game and ensure that we are setting these children of the future the best example we can ever give.
Not because they are children, we will shrug it off and think they do not understand.
Or we can say that because they are children, we have to pay more particular attention on how we put things across to them.
Practice what you preach.
Do not take children for granted. They are smart.
Really smart.
There are many ways when we can prove to be great examples to children. Driving is just one of them. So I will leave you with this short ad campaign I found on Youtube:
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Thanks @yehey. Will definitely do that.
What a smart little man you have there! Yep, children tend to mimic what us, adults, show them. Shower a child with love and kindness and he'll grow to be loving and kind. Practice religion, and they will follow suit. Show compassion and they will do the same. Quite a responsibilty right there grown-ups!
Thanks @dreamiely!
That is true. We have been gifted with wonderful kids but along with that comes great responsibility. What we give them is what they will become...
I can totally relate! My little man is almost three but the things he picks up and remembers!!! sometimes the conversations we have...it's like speaking to a teenager. He processes things with me at night while we are snuggling and getting ready for bed. That is when his most profound understandings and questions come to light. Love their little brains and how they work!
They can totally knock us off our feet! I am sometimes running out of words when talking to them. 😄
Children are a lot smarter and more observant than a lot of people give them credit for. I was lucky in the sense where my first son is an Aspie. I had to say what I mean and mean what I say or it would have been emblazoned on his brain. So yes, it's along the same lines of practice what you preach and I committed to being the best parent I could be with the hope that they might ask themselves, "What would mom do?" one day and always opt to do the right thing. :)
Parenting is a really tough job, I realized. You need to be a little bit of everything to be one- teacher, nurse, driver, you name it. At the end of the day we just have to pray that we are giving them enough to prepare them for the future. I commend you to have surpassed most of the parenting woes we are currently facing. High respects to parents, especially mine. 😊
Nice blog...upvoted, resteem and followed
Thanks @mhel...
You're welcome
Ahahaha.. so funny... here is the sensible comment. It was a good bonding for our children also... lets form their personality until they grow on the right age.
Proverbs 22:6
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
Lets give them fear from God... upvoted!
Any one can help me also from my blog? Hehehe... 😇😊😇
very well said daddy @kennyroy!
Hehehehe.... FAITH, HOPE and LOVE... But the greatiest is Love.... 😇😊😇
It definitely is...
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STOPTo be honest..i can't imagine having a TV in my home..but looks like sometimes it has positive applications as well :)
Hmmm. Yeah. Personally, i feel that the home is dull without tv. As for the kids' viewing time, they always watch with us so we can explain whenever there are parts that are not so kids-appropriate.
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