We gifted our child a toy he really cared about, and one day he brought it to after-school to show it proudly, but when he came back home, the toy was ripped off.
We don’t know exactly what happened, it might have been him, or someone else, and the story behind the fact was confused. It’s always difficult to get clear answers with the little man.
We just completed our first #school 📚 year, and what a journey it's been! This wasn't just his learning experience - we grew as parents too. There were moments of #friction with the school 🏫, those inevitable differences when you're trying to align educational philosophies. But that's part of the process.
One major shift: our travel ✈️ plans now revolve around school holidays. We've learned to embrace longer family trips that sync with his schedule. It's actually opened up new possibilities...
"If you're not going to play with me, I'm not going to play with you."
That’s a phrase I hear almost every day from my son. It sounds like a threat, but really, it’s his way of saying: “Dad, come be part of my world.”
“Daddy, copy my design, but you can only look once”, and just like that, we started #playing with some color cubes.
He showed me a small, colorful design he had made. I glanced, one second or maybe two, then he covered it, and the #game began. I doubted, trying to recall the order, "was the blue above the green, or the other way around? was red even in it?" I placed the blocks down, uncertain -- and got it comple...