An excellent message for parents

What if ???

If they cancel the rest of the school year, students would miss 3 months of education. Many people are concerned about students falling behind because of this. Yes, they may fall behind when it comes to classroom education.

But what if instead of ‘falling behind’, this group of kids actually ‘get ahead’ because of this ? 

Yes, it’s possible.

1) What if they have more empathy, they enjoy family connection, they can be more creative and entertain themselves, they love to read, they love to express themselves in writing? 

2) What if they enjoy the simple things, like their own backyard and sitting near a window in the quiet? 

3) What if they notice the birds and the dates the different flowers emerge, and the calming renewal of a gentle rain shower? 

4) What if this generation are the ones to learn to cook, organize their space, do their laundry, and keep a well run home? 

5) What if they learn to stretch a dollar and to live with less? 

6) What if they learn to plan shopping trips and meals at home?

7) What if they learn the value of eating together as a family and finding the good to share in the small delights of the everyday? 

8) What if they are the ones to place great value on our teachers and educational professionals, librarians, public servants and the previously invisible essential support workers like truck drivers, grocers, cashiers, custodians, logistics, and health care workers and their supporting staff, just to name a few of the millions taking care of us right now while we are sheltered in place? 

9) What if among these children, a great leader emerges who had the benefit of a slower pace and a simpler life to truly learn what really matters in this life?

10) And what if, they understand better that nature is more powerful than we are, so respect it, nurture it and take care of Mother Earth? 

In these challenging times, grow luscious gardens so that your kids can see the importance of even the tiniest little seed. 

What if they are AHEAD? 

Sincerely,

Eternal Optimist

An Excellent Message For Parents

Via Darshita Parikh

A great article to read, try to teach your kids skills that can help them in near future. This is a repost and all credit to the writer only.