Q is for QUESTION. I've raised two sons and I have four grandchildren. All parents and grandparents know about the 'terrible twos' stage, the 'no to everything' stage and the 'fall out, screaming tantrum' stage of early child rearing. There is also the 'incescent "why?"' stage. I found this one more easily handled as a grandparent than as a parent. I watched both of my sons each go through it twice with clenched teeth and exhausted patience when their children were small, "but why daddy?" for the hundredth time in a day. I just smiled and thought "what goes around, comes around, it's your turn now". I also reminded them of how important the 'why stage' is when children are growing up. A child who QUESTIONS 'why' when they are little and receives a patient satisfying answer in return will have the courage to ask QUESTIONS as they are growing up and as adults rather than to always blindly accept things as they are. We want our children to grow up to be good leaders and to recognize when changes are needed and to be able to choose when to act on them.
So, if any of you have little ones in your life, remember that they will be in charge of the world you get old in.
Q is for QUESTION.
Such a great post ... I agree, if we offer kids patient and positive answers, they will have the courage to ask 'why' as adults. So, we give them the gift of curiosity.
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Silvia @ Silvia Writes
I believe we need to teach our children to ask questions, to be curious, and to explore different ideas and cultures.
ReplyDeleteI know what you mean!! High school students are often the same way! Sometimes I wonder when we ever "grow-up" Inspirefly
ReplyDeleteI felt the same way when my sons were grown and dealing with all of the frustrating things that I dealt with when they were little. Ah the paybacks!
ReplyDeleteThank you to everybody for the comments and the follows. I'm going to take some time now to do some A to Z exploring myself.
ReplyDeleteAh, the question game. I remember it well. Enough to drive a person right round the twist, but you do end up having some wonderfully strange and unexpected conversations with your kids if you can just go with it.
ReplyDeleteGreat post! Although the incessant why can grow annoying, I love that my daughter is so curious about everything and how it works. :)
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