Refraining from imposing my own creativity and allow my children to flourish with their own is something I struggle with all the time. I think we’re all guitly of it, as parents, to want to improve our child’s work…. to perfection – our own perfection. How many times do we tell them: “But if you do it this way… here let me show you!” Why do we take over like that? Why is it that we insist on showing our children there’s always a ‘better’ way to present their work?
Today, Breanna wrote an acrostic poem. I told her she could use any word she wanted but she insisted on using the word provided in her workbook.
“But Breanna, you could use your own name! Wouldn’t that be neat? See look… B – what can we say about you that starts with B?”
I was even willing to ‘show her more examples’ when she didn’t bite:
Beautiful and
Really bright
Energetic
Artisitc…
“Come on Breanna – help me out here!”
And then I realized what I was doing. This is her homework, not mine – allow her to do it her own way!
BOOKMARKS
Bookmars are really fun
Of things you can see and
Of things you can play with
Kind of safe toys
Making believe
A little thing is
Really like
Kids
It’s perfect – Perfect for her. It’s complete and creative. She’s happy with it – and so am I. Lesson learned – on both of our part!
Written by hsmomma2bre
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