"My children raised me up," summarizes a mother about her parenting journey and true enough, most parents agree with the statement.
I came across this line while reading a book - Practical Wisdom. And it came up again during my interview with the author of the book, noted psychologist Barry Schwartz.
He says, 'If you're lucky, your kids will show you that you can't do it (parenting) by recipe and you'll be open enough to learn from your children. In the book we wrote about wisdom, my collaborator I, have a quote from one mother who said, my children raised me up!
She's being asked how did you learn how to deal with the challenges of parenting. And she said my children taught me. I think every parent can be taught by children. But as a parent we need to be open to the possibility that not only are you teaching your kids, that your kids are teaching you. If you think you already know the answer to every question then your kids will be teaching and teaching and teaching but you won't be learning.'
Learning organizations, lifelong learning are few of the buzzwords around adult learning especially in corporate sector. And today's continuously changing environment demands us to have this ability, and more importantly the attitude to listen and learn continuously. What better 'closer home' opportunity to innovate, improve and update than our family.
We have come a long way from our parents, when it comes to learning from our children, primarily thanks to technology. I hear many parents proudly admit their ignorance or inability to use their smartphone or tab and their child's taking charge to ensure that the parents are up on their feet with technology. Whatever our take on technology, with its many advantages and even more annoyances, continuous updates and tech revival has humbled us. It has made it inadvertent for us to admit that children are quick learners and generous and tolerant teachers.
Like in case of technology, this generation of parents are receptive to many other areas and learning from their children. We are open to feedback from them, we do not believe that we are always right, we acknowledge that our kids may make sense and at times more than us. In the process, we learn, our kids learn and we have a better chance to improve on ourselves and on our parenting. Here's to all those parents who agree that while we are raising our children, our children raise us up too!!
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Parents' Anniversary Connect #6
Celebrating Parenting
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While parenting is about raising up one’s children; physically, emotionally, intellectually and socially, many of us may have experienced that the reverse is also true. Children often instigate their parents’ development - physical, emotional, intellectual or social. Parents come and celebrate Parenting at its best at our Anniversary Connect. Share your stories and listen to others'. Gift us and yourself the most insightful and inspiring parenting memories from your mind’s closet.
The event is FREE but REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED
Please note that this will be the last public Connect I will be hosting.
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or the past ten thousand years, the parent/child balance of power has been hierarchical with the moms and dads making most decision and kids following their lead. But in the last ten, a new generation of Millennial parents have replaced the family hierarchy with a family web: one in which most parents view their child as their best friend, moms and dads have abdicated as the primary seat of power, and most decision making is democratic. In short, the core values that guide families’ choices on everything from the brands they buy to the candidates they vote for look nothing like those of previous generations. In his talk, family branding guru and founder of The Family Room LLC George Carey takes a closer look at these changes, their impact on children, how they are changing the future of families and the future of our world forever.
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I conducted a special introductory session 'Mindcraft' for children ages 10-13 years. It was a full energy, full house on a Saturday morning of 28th April. 20 young creative sparks, a few enthusiastic, helping mothers and a very capable young (just a little older than the participants) enlivened the 2 hours, without any screens, gadgets, AI, augmented reality. The only gadget we worked with was our minds, the only reality we witnessed was what the mind is capable to do. Below are a few pictures from the session (Courtesy: Archana Deepak)
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