When I had my boys, I vowed to my hubbie that we'd raise them to be independent thinkers only to have it slapped into my face this week...... My eldest (9 year old) had a project to do on FIJI, so this being my domain, I offered him help. We sat down, planned it downloaded everything worked out what was going where then got everything together. Mum he said, this will look fantastic, so I "offered" him ideas of how to improve on it - Mum he said, I'm a boy and I'm 9 years old, I don't want to use chalk, ink or fibres (I hadn't asked him if he did), and your always telling people they should trust their writing, so I will, that computer font's great but my writings OK and that's how I'd like to do my project thanks...With my tail between my legs and licking my wounds, the hardest thing that i've ever done is to leave that project alone and let him do it for himself - I suppose i packed a bit of a sad to my hubbie later because he did it and did it very very very well, and what do you think my dh said - well, you have your wish - he listened, politely stated his wishes, and did it - isn't that an independent thinker........
Yep it is, and the fact that I STILL think that it would have looked better with ink or chalk was only my view!! So just keep this in mind when you're "helping" your children!!!!
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