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Do you sometimes feel people judge YOU if your child isn't perfect? I certainly do! I wonder where we lost the knowledge that children are just children learning lessons.
In 1966, a coal-dust waste tip slid down into the mining village of Aberfan in Wales, UK. It engulfed the village school and about 20 houses. Of the 144 people who died in the Aberfan disaster, 116 were school children; about half the children of Pantglas School and five of their teachers were killed.
The dead were buried in the local cemetery with a headstone under a memorial arch. About a year later I visited the cemetery with my cousins and their toddler. The little girl ran onto one of the graves to smell the 'pretty flowers.' Her mother, aghast, told her to get off. We didn't realize that the mother whose child was buried in the grave stood by our side and, with tears in her eyes, she said, "Please don't scold her. She's fine. She's just a child."
At eight I learned a valuable lesson from that grieving mother; children aren't perfect and we shouldn't expect them to be. After all, each one is just a child who's still learning life's lessons.
Remember
a child is just a child.
That is so true. I've witnessed parents really laying into their kids, and I think oh my gosh, they are only a children! Give them a chance to learn, and I sometimes I just want to say something, but I know it's not my place. If I ever witness something extreme, then I would definitely step in. Thanks for sharing your post.
ReplyDeleteI hear you! I've wanted to step in so often. In those cases I usually try to get the child's attention and wink at him or her hoping that helps a bit. I think many parents are confused between perfect attainment and perfect effort!
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