One fine monday morning when I was making my daughter ready I asked her to brush her teeth and she goes slugggishhh. Then I wanted her to wash her face and she goes slugggishhh. Putting on her new dress and she goes slugggishhh. Doing her hair and she goes slugggishhh. Slugggishhh slugggishhh slugggishhh ! So sluggish, why sluggish and how sluggish ?
"Time is running out and you silly girl..." muttering these I entered the kitchen to cook a quickie! Suddenly something came to my mind and in no time I slipped into my soliloque.
It all began with reasoning
We probably got up late ?
We slept also late though!
But how much time is the adequate time to get ready and drop her to school ?
I already did the calculations (10 mins brushing, 10 min this and 10 min that etc etc) but still........ where was I going wrong?
She is deleberately slow because she doesn't want to go to school.
I needed to work a lot with her.
I needed her to like her school, her teacher and to make friends in school. I needed her to learn hurrying up.
A TURMOIL of thoughts!
Finally an insight happened that erased the thoughts begone in one single go.
I needed to learn that every child has a choice, a pace of his/her own and I must understand that and respect that too.
I needed to work a lot lot more wth myself!
"Time is running out and you silly girl..." muttering these I entered the kitchen to cook a quickie! Suddenly something came to my mind and in no time I slipped into my soliloque.
It all began with reasoning
We probably got up late ?
We slept also late though!
But how much time is the adequate time to get ready and drop her to school ?
I already did the calculations (10 mins brushing, 10 min this and 10 min that etc etc) but still........ where was I going wrong?
She is deleberately slow because she doesn't want to go to school.
I needed to work a lot with her.
I needed her to like her school, her teacher and to make friends in school. I needed her to learn hurrying up.
A TURMOIL of thoughts!
Finally an insight happened that erased the thoughts begone in one single go.
I needed to learn that every child has a choice, a pace of his/her own and I must understand that and respect that too.
I needed to work a lot lot more wth myself!
You are right we need to understand our kids...
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