"Can I ask you something?" When was the last time you didn't check your phone while sitting with your child? Not a single email. No alerts. No "Just give me one minute." Only you and them. For just five minutes. It seems simple, doesn't it? However, those five minutes have silently turned into one of the rarest gifts we can give our kids in the modern world. The Talk That Caused Me to Stop Thinking One day, a nursery instructor told me a story that stuck with me. A young child brought a small blue dinosaur with him every morning. Every. unmarried. Day. The dinosaur arrived for breakfast. It's story time. Playing outside. even during naps. "Why does your dinosaur come everywhere with you?" the teacher said with a smile one morning. Glancing down at it, the young child muttered, "Because he's still learning to be brave." The teacher was at a loss for words for a time. Perhaps... It wasn't the dinosaur that acquired courage. Perhaps it was the young boy. Children frequently express their emotions to us. Just not in the manner that adults anticipate. One Final Thought One day The small rucksack will be used as a school bag. Novels will be created from the bedtime stories. The never-ending "Why?" queries will gradually transform into meaningful discussions. You'll also likely miss the times when your toddler thought that cardboard boxes were rocket ships and that blue backpacks were necessary for dinosaurs. Don't rush these years, then. Take a seat on the ground. Read the same tale again. Observe how they pursue bubbles. Pay attention to their impractical enquiries. Because teaching kids everything about the world isn't the best gift we can give them. It's ensuring that their curiosity about it never goes away.
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