My kids are awesome (insert smiley). I'm going to blog about my oldest today. He'll be 11 years old in a few weeks (yes, that makes me old). He reminds me a lot of myself, and it's pretty scary. After spending time around him it becomes apparent that his mother and I were able to create a child that is more advanced than either of us are. This is good biologically for the course of the evolution of humans, but more interesting for my own feelings and emotions. It makes me proud and happy to see an advanced version of myself. I doubt anyone will read clear through this blog, but if you do, I will assure you there will come a day when you too have children of your own and you will completely relate to what I'm saying. I have to give props to his mom too. After all, she gave birth. Twice actually. Wish all your mothers a happy mothers day this weekend !
My son likes Dinosaurs, Pokemon, Nintendo DSI, Wii, and so on. Both my kids enjoy these sorts of things.
He's a shrewd business man. I'm fairly certain he's almost as advanced as I ever was at math and science, which is a delight to see. Those were some of my weaker areas. My younger son reads two grade levels above his own, but I'll talk about that another time.
I always tell both of my sons the same thing. "Stay in school, and do your best. You can do anything you want if you keep doing good in school." This is probably the best advice I could give to anyone, especially college students who may read this.
Sounds like a swell kid! I have to agree with your last statement too. One of my schools had a high dropout rate... Kids ought to stay in school
ReplyDeleteIndeed. Education is more important than ever, we can't afford to have kid dropping out of school.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite blog that i've read so far. It reminds me of the kids I nanny for in the summers!
ReplyDeleteAs someone's child and no one's parent it's hard to think about myself in terms of a product of my parents. It's interesting how you relate your characteristics to his. After all, you're correct: you made and nurtured him and probably played the largest role in his development up to date.
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