The Road to change
I know
a mother who had a very intelligent child that lived in an apartment. When her
daughter Carol turned six, she wanted to ride her bike on the footpath sidewalk.
As we all
know, a mother's job is to protect her child from injury and danger, so the
mother set the boundaries on how far Carol can go—just up to the
stop
sign at the far end of the Apartment footpath. The rule was, when Carol sees the
stop
sign, she must
Stop and Go Home.
The rule worked great; Carol always turned around at the stop
sign and went back home.
One day Carol
family was on a trip to Penang and about an hour into their journey, their car
stopped at a junction with a
stop
sign and Carol said; Oh no! Now we have to go home.
The stop sign had
been ingrained into her head that it really meant "STOP and go home"! To Carol,
as she was taught, the word
STOP means
immediately discontinue the action, do not move forward and progress further.
When our
children
were taught that
stops
are meant for their safety and well being--their young subconscious mind can
interpret it as not to advance further and limits their imaginations or
creativity by staying safely within their boundaries.
It is often that
when our children’s were getting close to realizing their dreams, to changing
their lives--hit a
stop
sign. They stopped
because they are afraid to take the next step and don’t want to leave the
certain safety and security with fear of the unknown.
When they hit a stop,
they have two choices:
One:
Stop,
do not move forward, do not pass go and stay with the familiar.
Two: Find that
little nudge, that hidden hand in their young curious mind which gently pushes
them to take the first step beyond their present boundaries--because with each
step they take, they learned that they will be closer to achieving their dreams,
vision and goals.
How many children in their present circumstances based on things that we
have taught them? Some of those
stop
sign thinking might have been ingrained into their young mind for a reason--such
as safety--that are subconsciously holding them back.
We must look at all
the
stop
signs and obstacles that we have put in front of our child's life.
What will happen
when your child crosses the
stop
boundaries that have been ingrained into their thinking--that is preventing them
from opportunities, to push to their limits, to find ways to move forward; when
Stop
signs are actually momentary
path-ways to success.
Child Psychiatrist
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A mother was worried that her five-year-old son was unusually
talented, and took him to a child psychiatrist.
"Right," said the shrink; "We'll just try a few simple tests."
he turned to the boy and said;
"Say a few words - anything that
comes into your mind."
The boy turned to his mother and asked;
"Does he want logically constructed sentences or just a few random
and purely isolated words?"
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You have dreams for
your child...
We have our own dreams
and creative visions...
We believe in brining our dreams to life...
This is our
creation.
Kids hand build press mold ceramic bowl
Mark Twain; "Most
interesting information comes from children, for they tell all they know and
then stop."
7 year old kid;
The bird I am going to write about is the Owl.
The owl cannot see at all in the day and is blind as a bat at night. I do
not know much about the owl so I will go on to the Beast which I am going to
choose...
It is the Cow.
The Cow is a mammal and
it is tame. It has six sides: right, left, fore, back, upper, and below.
At the back it has a tail in which is hanging a bush. With this it sends
the flies away so they do not fall in the milk.
The head is for the purpose of growing horns and so the mouth can be somewhere.
They are to butt with. The mouth is to moo with.
Under the cow hangs the milk.
It is arranged for milking. When the
people milk the cow the milk comes and there is never any end to the
supply. How the cow does it I have not learned, but it makes more and
more.
The man cow is called the ox.
It is not a mammal. The cow does not
eat much but what it eats twice it eats twice, so it gets enough. When it
is hungry it moos and when it doesn't say anything it is because its insides is
full of grass.
The cow has a fine sense of smell and you can smell it far away. That is the
reason for the fresh air in the country.
Never underestimate
a child creativity
and intelligence.
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