We owe it to our kids to stop lying to them constantly

When your child runs up to you super excited about something that in reality, isn’t that exciting or impressive, why do adults pretend to be all excited and impressed. Do the things that your little ones do genuinely impress or surprise you? I’m talking about really young children when they run up to you and do something Very simple such as jumping or standing on one leg for not even a few seconds, then looking at you as if that was really really impressive. you know…those activities were inside you are like “OK…you can balance on one leg for not even half a second, kid.

Why also do parents pretend that their toddler is incredibly strong and put up a really good fight against the adult while play fighting? This isn’t just with toddlers, they also do this with seven or eight—year-olds, they will even complement their child on this and see things like “ that bad guy doesn’t stand a chance”. why are they lying to their kid? Are they actually strong? if an adult was actually putting in 100% effort and it was a fight how good of a chance does the child have? Would they take them? Or is the kid out of the fight before it even started? I have noticed this with any activity really, whether that be a race, a game of basketball or soccer, or roughhousing, etc. “wow, your so fast I can’t keep up”.”you kick the ball so far” Etc. Why do adults lie to toddlers this way?

I’m talking about little kids like in lower elementary school or preschool, Do you play fight or rough house with your kids? Would they put up a good fight? Do you play basketball? Or have a race, would they do good?
What are some “look mommy look mommy “moments that you have had with your child, are they genuinely impressive to you?

dale74 · M

First of all something that is unimpressive to you maybe the first time the child's ever seen it. Take your Shadow for instance you see your Shadow all the time well the first time my child sees their shadow they try to lose it they try to move and make it Go a different way they never learn that. Just think there are things that impress you they're kind of boring to other people. Like rocket science might be fascinating to you but boring to me. Remember that child is not you just because you don't find it fascinating doesn't mean that they won't to me a lot of science is boring why because I do science everyday.

Also when you quit enjoying the little things in life the little things that excite you things that you used to be excited about well life flies it all goes to the saying take time to smell the roses if you don't enjoy the little things in life you're only other course is experiencing the major events and that makes life weather enjoy the small things why would you ever sit there and watch the sunset or the sunrise it's going to do the same thing every day why would you sit around a fire and watch it crackle it's going to do it no matter what. It's taking the enjoyment in Little things instead of only waiting for the big events.