Lessons in Life - Trusting

We can all learn a lesson about Trust from our children

I lost count of the amount of times I would pass some steps

Only to hear my child call my name....

then launch themselves at me expecting me to catch them

They trusted

me completely (Gave me a few heart failures too,!!!)

But they knew instinctively I would not watch them get hurt without trying to do something to prevent it

But one valuable lesson we should all teach our children is :

TO TRUST THEIR OWN INSTINCTS !!!!!

We need to teach our children to totally trust in themselves

Ways to teach them this Implant in our children the knowledge that
If something doesn't feel right to you, then it probably isn't right at all
If something feels too good to be true, then it probably isn't true at all

This can be taught in a variety of ways to build them into trusting their instincts

For instance:
We daily watch our children around hot drinks, we remind them that its hot !!
It doesn't take long before our children see us carry a steaming cup and they use their instincts to back away telling us its hot

When we are leaving the house, ask them to look outside and see if they need a coat/gloves/sunblock,sunhat
If they come up with the right answer point out visual aids around them to get them to see what they need, for instance if there are people already wearing coats, or the sun is hot through the windows

Sometimes we get embarrassed when our children are shy around family members or friends that they don't know very well
Why should our children accept other people just because we say it is safe, how many families do you know that have been let down by people close to their family that they too felt were safe.
If our children don't want to sit on Great Aunt Ruby's knee, why should they ?????
We can still be proud of our children as long as they act respectfully and well mannered
But if they are uncomfortable showing affection to someone
Respect that, let them think through their own gut instincts.

We teach our children to be wary of strangers
But maybe we should be giving equal thought to teaching our children to trust their own instincts around people we know too

When we allow our children to grow up believing and trusting their own instincts
We are giving our child the capability of living a self confident and happy life