Parents aren’t the only teachers in the family. We can learn from the kids in our household too.
Little Billy moving his upside-down water back and forth across his high-chair’s table? Yep, the table’s quite a mess with drops of water here and there. But look at his face! The joy of discovering how a cup smoothly slides across a flat surface is thrilling him. Such a little thing for us, but a big discovery for him. What are the little things we’ve ignored lately? Perhaps there are big discoveries we’re missing out on.
Tamara’s on the phone again. She talks …read more

I learn a lot from my friends who are parents. One friend in particular has 2 children — a lovely little girl and a beautiful boy. The son is about 5 or 6 and loves to attend professional sports events — the NY Yankees seem to be his favorite. (Here in the U.S., that would be baseball).
My friend is fortunate enough to get tickets to frequent games (lucky little boy). And what I find fascinating is — they go to each game, rain or shine.
Not only that — they stay until the very end of the game — until each …read more