I have been thinking about something else, too, and that is the idea of taking children seriously. It's very easy to just blow off a child's ideas, and the younger a child is, the easier it is to make that mistake.
So, if you have kids in your home or your life, try to take them seriously. Try to honor their ideas and their attempts at communicating them. Because children who are taken seriously when they are young grow into people whose ideas can have a big impact in our world.
2 comments:
Beautifully put! And beautiful photos!
Wonderful post, wonderful thoughts. I worry that there are many parents who believe that if they give their kids too much power/control over their own lives, they are "spoiling" them. But teaching children that their ideas, needs, and desires are legitimate and important really does seem to translate into better-adjusted, more confident, and happier human beings. Isn't that what we want?
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