Every day after work, I go to a park close to my house to
exercise with coworkers. It’s a baseball field; playground and splash pad at
this park so we know children and parents will be there. I begin stretching and
a mother and daughter passed by walking pushing a stroller. I hear briefly of what
they were discussing. The mother was trying to build her daughter up by letting
her know she can do go at school and can bring home better grades. The mom told
her that if she brings better grades home she will take her to Disney world for
her birthday. The little girl begins to say “Thank you Mom, you’re the best Mom
ever. Her mom replied, I’m not the best mom but I try to stop you from being
how your mom was. She called her daughter name and said “I don’t want you to be
like me when I was your age, I Want you to be better”. I ran pass them and
begin to think, that was very touching and as a parent I think we should keep
our kids motivated and encouraged. My kids are only 4 and 15 months and I tell
them ALL the time, I want you to be better than mom. I didn’t have a rough life
or hard time growing up but in the world today you never know what may happen
or who they may connect with so I try to keep mine encouraged, uplifted and
motivated. Communication is the Key it will never fail you..
Hi Chaundrea
ReplyDeleteGreat blog. I enjoyed reading it and I completely agree with how parents want the best for their children. The world is so different today than it was 30-40 years ago. I know times will always be changing but I believe it has changed drastically. Look at how technology has changed us, anyone can go anywhere just by clicking a button. Thanks to Google Earth we can travel around the world in the convenience of our own living room. I wonder what the world will be like when my own children are able to go out and get a job. I hope they make the right decisions in life and do better then myself also.
It is so great to see parent motivating their children and encouraging them, it is wonderful to see the reassuring their children that they can do great things. I can easily imagine this situation going much differently and the parent yelling at the child for bringing home poor grades instead of building them up and telling them how they can do better next time. Too often parents focus on the negative aspects of their child's development instead of building them up and encouraging them. Thank you for sharing this! It gives us all something to think about!
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