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Wow, such a profound and beautiful truth!
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I think it should be so very normal. But then I hear some parents talk to their kids and it throws me off…
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Sometimes you simply lose patience. I don’t judge them! But basically we need to live that message!
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I can say from experience that this is true. I grew up being told I wasn’t good enough, pretty enough, or smart enough. It took a long time to learn that I was enough and I could do anything I wanted. Children believe what the adults in their lives say because they haven’t learned about disappointment and pain.
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I could write a book about how much the behavior of your parents influences you and your confidence too…
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For some of us, we are lucky enough to see that we are at the mercy of generations of programming and all we have to do is change our program. It’s not easy of course but it can be done. I think a book is a wonderful idea. Are you looking for a new project! Perhaps it found you 🙂
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Hahaha… who knows… 😉
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Love this.
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Awesome!
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Good one, right?
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Yup! 🙂
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On the subject of impressionable children, you might like this:
https://rixlibris.com/2017/01/24/expletive-deleted/
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On my way to reading it now 🙂
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Reblogged this on Just Plain Ol' Vic and commented:
Wise advice…
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Superb!
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You would think it would be a normal thing to do. Seems like it’s not though…
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Very true!
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Yeah absolutely!
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So true! A simple thing but hardly followed? Too much baby talk and too less simple beautiful conversations.
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Yes! I agree!
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Absolutely true! Too often children’s ideas and thoughts are dismissed and criticized by the adults around them, as well as by their peers. All this does is damage their self-confidence. My son says hilarious things sometimes that leave me wondering where in the world he gets his ideas from, but regardless of how farfetched the idea may be, I always try to focus on and praise him for the smart points he makes. Kids’ minds are amazing.
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Even if you then analyse the idea together to get it further helps. I hate it how kids get shut up by adults just because it doesn’t “make sense” what they are saying…
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Exactly. Same here. Sometimes it takes a little piecing things together, but there’s always some great thinking within, and that thinking should be praised. Never should a child’s ideas be dismissed or belittled.
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