A Lesson From A Two Year Old

My son is an inspirational chap.

He does NOT give up. He gets frustrated, but doesn't give up.

He gets VOCAL, trust me! but doesn't give up until he's managed to surmount the problem.

Today the rocking horse appeared to be his chosen challenge. Might have been because he managed to ride and get off the tricycle of his without actually falling and injuring himself yesterday.

Now you would imagine that a 20 month old boy who slides off the seat of a foot and a half tall rocking horse would be a little too shaken up to get right up again, but a quick hug from dad and he was heading back on it!

I guess it wasn't as upsetting as the fall off Grandmas garden steps the other week!

But he has this impressive ability to take accidents as an integral part of learning.
If he falls he gets right back up again, checks himself and starts over. Unless the check reveals a pain that needs soothing, a wound that needs cleaning or a hurt ego that needs boosting.

He is constantly expanding his comfort zone, and if he bumps into something a little more violently than expected, he retreats for a few seconds as if to get reassurance that he is on the right track inspite of the pain.

And once he has that reassurance he gets going again.

When he gets older we'll have to teach him how to reassure himself I suppose as some day he'll have to rely on his own ability to motivate himself to try again.

Although at the rate he is going at the moment I doubt there ever will be a problem with his motivation!

Cheers,
Jon ( still progressing )

=Every Day In Every Way, I'm Getting Better And Better=