My niece's work-of-art...an unsung masterpiece...
A wood miniature of my niece that didn't even get a word of appreciation or encouragement from her teacher for completing a task beyond what she was asked to do. It seemed that all her effort was left unrecognized by the teacher. As a teacher myself, I always believe that even a student who got the last place in the class examination needs at least the teacher's respect for what he had put his effort for. I believe that we, ADULT, especially parents and teachers need to learn not to be stingy of uttering these words, (1) GREAT-upon looking at our children's talent, (2) THANK YOU-upon receiving a little help from our little ones,(3) GOOD JOB-for the effort done by these innocent little ONES, even though they did not meet our so-called standard or our selfish desired result for them to achieved. Instead, we, ADULT, need to learn to appreciate EFFORT, not necessarily ONLY the end results.
Also, we, ADULT, need to learn to open our heart and eyes to their cries craving for our attention. Not just the routine of many ADULTS I believe (I'm not saying that ALL adults do these) getting back from work, concentrating on the IDIOT BOX for our favorite show or just stay engrossed with our latest-version HAND PHONE, replying to Whats App, checking Facebook entries, texting our so important colleagues and friends and forgetting our children, oftentimes the little ones, sitting faithfully in front of us, waiting to tell their stories to us, yet we always put them for our LAST priority without us realizing it. Do all these situations familiar with us? After all I am writing from my own experience that I, at times always forget that our children, our spouse, our family are supposed to be our priority instead of our iPad, Tablet, Android Phone, Blackberry, or the idiot box, the flat screen 45" or bigger at home!
Let us together ponder.... and act now before it's too late...by then, there's no use regretting that we did not rectify our mistake when we had the opportunity to do so!
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My daughter...crying when she didn't get what she wanted. As a parent, I believe that I need to let her know that, there's a feeling called frustration in life. She needs the experience as I firmly believe that this will be a guide for her to tell her that life is not all about easily getting everything that she wanted, yet there are things needed her to strive for it. So, hopefully, later in life, she will be able to handle that feeling tactfully, thus leading her to a healthy maturity of thinking and in making good decision in her life.
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