They do - all the time! They wait for us.
“Wait a minute. I need to finish this first.”
I’ll be there in a bit.”
Children need to learn to wait. After infancy, one shocking life lesson is that the world does not revolve around them. Children need to learn to wait their turn. They want that toy now and don’t want to “wait your turn!” Waiting is hard. Ask anyone who is stuck in a long line or in traffic.
Sometimes children can’t wait. The bathroom just isn’t close enough when they realize they need it. There is no food ready when their hunger complains.
There are also critical periods for learning. Sometimes children are eager to have their questions answered, “Why?” Sometimes all of their patience and curiosity is focused to pay attention to the details of a new problem.
Some times they really can’t wait!
They can’t wait to really know how much we love them!
They can’t wait to tell us a special story about their day.
They can’t wait to give us a hug of appreciation!
Children do need to learn to wait. But, their childhoods pass so quickly. What can you do today to let your child know he is special?
Children can’t wait.
2 comments:
How does this work? Do we post comments about what you've written. If so...very true and as a stay at home mom...it's nice to have something like this just to remind me. Thanks for sharing this with me. Katrina....By the way...Family History is one of my big passions. I'm currently a Family Extraction Worker for our church. I get to decipher handwriting on old records and then the church makes that available on their website www.familysearch.org so people can find their ancestors...anyways. hope all is well, katrina
Having two adult children I relate to the orginal opening. When my son was 19 he loaded up his van and headed to Santa Cruz. He was there for months, no money, no idea of the real world. We visited him many weekends. He somehow survived and adventually came home. As an adult now he is a successful businessman married, has two small boys 4 & 2 years old. Looking back at this time he told me it was the best experience of his life. In this adventure he learned to count on himself.
My grandsons are now learning to wait as I learned to wait many years ago. The two year old with shoes on and ready to go outside to play, he waits for assistance. He then sits on top of the slide with pride. As he learned to wait for grandma to stand close. He learned the slide is faster than he wants to go by himself with a few scary experiences.
I often wonder if my grandsons will have their parents waiting for them. In the future they may want to take off on a wild journey much like their dad did prior. Perhaps we all learn to wait in our own ways. Even if it creates those long sleepless nights.
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