Life Lessons Out Of The Mouth Of Babes

As a new father, I have begun to learn a lot from our son as he grows up.  There is something about the innocence of a child that can teach you so many life lessons.  I thought I would share a few with you.

 Jesse is two and a half now, and is getting where he can be quite conversational.  This has been so fun for Sara and I as he learns new vocabulary and uses it.  We have noticed a trend in him bringing what he learns from some of the kids at childcare back home with him.  He's gone through the "No way!" phase, the "Pow, pow!" phase and is still using a few others he has seemed to pick up at daycare.  These have provided us with the opportunity to teach Jesse what is good and right vs. what is bad and wrong.  Lesson number one is that there is right and wrong in this world.  Depending on how you are brought up, you learn that difference rather well or not so well.  In this case it is an important job of the parent to teach the children the difference between right and wrong and the ability to discern between the two.

Kids do the cutest things.  There is not a day that goes by that Jesse doesn't do something cute.  It's always surprising too.  I think part of it is because kids are still learning about life and things around them, and when they ask a question and comment on something, we think it's cute.  But in actuality they are just learning.  One of Jesse's favorite questions right now is "Why?"  We will explain the reason to him and then he would ask the same question about the explanation.  That goes back and forth for awhile, then we just have to smile at each other and laugh.  Lesson number two is that kids are kids and they are some of the best learners on earth.  If you want to learn how to learn, watch and listen to the kids for awhile.  They are masters at asking questions.  Asking questions is one of the best ways to learn.

There are some bad things we can learn from our kids too.  Kids naturally are selfish (remember the famous two-year-old's phrase, "Mine."), liars and can be deceitful.  I do not say this in a bad way about the kids.  There is nothing they can do about it.  It's hard-wired into them.  No one has to teach them how to do any of that.  What we do need to teach them is how to be truthful, selfless, thoughtful, caring and honest.  So the third life lesson is to learn from our kids the mistakes they make that we make as adults too in order to avoid making them again, and to teach our children to do the same.

I know this was a little different from my previous posts, but I felt the need to share.  I am proud to be a parent and can't wait to teach my son life lessons that will have a positive influence on his life and his life decisions.


Helping you get the upper hand,
Peter Bunn
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