Being a Child Again

The great thing about being a mom is that you have an excuse to listen to all those fun kid CD’s and tapes that your children adore.  I have found myself still listening to their music sometimes after I’ve already dropped them off at school!  Can you relate?

One day as I was listening to one of these children’s CD’s; the thought struck me that more people should partake of a child’s world in this way.  So many of the books, CD’s and even basic school lessons or rules that are taught to our children are centered around morals and values.  In my daughter’s preschool class they had a saying that went something like, “you get what you get, so don’t throw a fit!”  In other words, be content and thankful for what you have!  Now how many parents do you see getting upset because their child is on the bench instead of playing in the game – or any number of other situations that upset them?

Somehow a lot of us seem to lose these core principles as we grow up and we forget our manners.  We need to hear simple truths like these more often:

*Be nice

*You are special

*Jesus Loves You

*Share

*Tell the truth

*Forgive

It may sound silly, but if we act like children; maybe we should treat ourselves like children!  Maybe we need to listen to those kid tapes and books instead of just reading

them to our child.  We need to remind ourselves that we should forgive that woman who cut in front of us in the grocery line.  When we feel left out of the mom’s “circle” at school, it would be good for us to hear that we are still special.

Values and ethics aren’t just taught to children so they can outgrow them.  Principles of character should be instilled in us for a lifetime.

So pay attention to the lessons your child is being taught and remind yourself that all those little sayings and “morals of the story”… apply to you as well.