So, how was turkey day?
Ours was fantastic. Food, Folks and Fun, just how I like it.
I'm fine, thanks for asking ;p
I'm working on a paper, due tomorrow. Exciting stuff eh?
Leisha is busy at the table making "crystals" Really they're snowflakes, but she insists that they are crystals because it's not winter yet "so why would I make snowflakes when it's not even winter MOM?"
I'm trying to figure out how to harness Jaala's skepticism in a good way, and channel it away from being so argumentative.
Any hints? See I love that she questions and looks for "proof" to satisfy her enough to accept what she's hearing. *obviously her version of what is proof is quite different than mine*
I think skepticism is so healthy for people to develop, especially kids, not hostility toward new things, but just an insistance on being given actual facts, just the facts and no fabrication or sensationalism. It makes people less gullible, teaches rationality and good reasoning skills and develops critical thinking.
So now about those helpful childrearing hints.......
One last thing, FYI You can't get to heaven, in Uncle Vern's car!
When I taught Grade two I had a lot of little skeptics (comes with the age I think) and what worked for me a lot of the time was a good encyclopedia and google. When they didn't believe me on something, I had them look it up. That's not always possible on the intangibles, but seeing it from a written source often helped.
ReplyDeleteWhen it came to stuff like "what really is fair?" "you don't really like me so that's why you're doing this" I found small examples of how this isn't true worked better than a long lecture.
All that being said, this is just from classroom experience, I haven't had to live with a skeptic yet, my babies have yet to master "why?" so take it or leave it.
John 18:36 "36 Jesus answered,'My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, my servants would have been fighting...'"
ReplyDeleteThis is a passage that I recently read in new light. I've been wrestling and battling with the idea of violence for the last 2 years in earnest. The answer it seems (as stated above) goes against every natural inclination I have...especially when talking about my family and their safety (whether on the street or in the home).