What are the most important / best things you've learned from your child?
There's no question that having a child changes your life. We focus so much on what we can teach them, what kinds of things do you find them teaching you? Are they the things you expected?
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I've learned that every day, in fact every morning/afternoon/hour, is a new chance to have a great day, no matter what the previous day (or fifteen minutes of screaming and crying) was like. It's never the same ol' same ol' with kids and as a parent, it's great fun to adopt their joie de vivre and continually fresh excitement!
My children also have taught me that blueberries taste best when stuffed into jet-puffed marshmallows and that the easiest way to make a filled cake is to poke holes into the cake with your fingers, fill the holes with frosting and then go over the cake a second time with a few more layers of frosting.
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I think the thing that gets me over and over again with my 2 and 3 year old is that time, specifically feeling late or rushed, is a mental and societal construct. My children never feel late, they are exactly where they should be, always. I'm learning that where I am is as important as where I'm going.
(Thinking on this more, "time as construct" contrasts with another lesson my kids are teaching me! They grow and change seemingly every time I look up, and time has become to me both more precious and always fleeting. For example, I've become more conscious of how well I/we spend time and make time, even more than money.)Also, that most food tastes better with fingers.
Nice!
- andrea, Feb 23, 2011