Waiting for the Train
On the way to gymnastics this week, my Baby Bear shouted, "No! Stop!" as we were approaching the railroad tracks. I instinctively slowed down.
"What's wrong?" I asked.
"Railroad tracks," he said matter-of-factly.
"Yes, dear. But there's no train."
"I know. Can we wait for one?"
Sometimes, I wonder if we don't induce ADHD on some children. We are always rushing them about, pulling them along and hurrying them up. But my son is most content to poke a stick in the dirt, watch an ant scurry around its hill or wait for a train to cross the tracks. The only difficulty he has in focusing is when I interrupt these mind-consuming tasks to do something else. Because there's a limit to how long I can poke a stick in the dirt, watch an ant, or wait for trains.
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4 comments:
Hey Dana, I left you a hat tip on my blog today. Thanks for the referral to HomeschoolBuzz.
I'm going to think about that. My kids find the simplest things endlessly fascinating. I need to try harder to see things at their level.
I am guilty of rushing my daughter from here to there. Especially in the morning when it's time to leave for school. Once I was telling her to hurry and get into the car. I didn't know that all she wanted to do was pick a yellow flower for me.xv
Yeah...I've snapped at my daughter for lagging or not responding quickly enough only to find that she was planning some secret surprise for me. Then I feel about two inches tall. It is funny how much parents think their children don't really listen to them and are too distractable, but in reality, we parents are just as guilty of not really listening to them and being distracted.
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