Optimize your child’s future by encouraging creativity now
Creativity is a highly valued trait. We love artists, designers, inventors and manipulators of the business world. The ability to take an abstract idea and from that create a tangible work of art, building, rehabilitation device or a new business model takes creativity and ingenuity. Have you ever stopped to consider that we all have the ability to create. And be very good at it.
As a child you believed that you could be or do anything when “you grew up”, so you pretended to do and be what you wanted. No one pretended to be a factory worker, secretary, accountant or garbage man. Not that there is anything wrong with any of these occupations. My point is that at some point along the way our creativity was stifled and conformity was espoused.
I had the opportunity to witness the beginning of the destruction of a child’s creative nature yesterday. My family and I were in a maternity store (my wife is expecting our third) and toward the back, they had a small Lego table set up. You remember – you could build anything with Legos.
Anyway, my wife and girls went into the dressing room to try on some clothes and I was watching four kids, ranging in age from 3 to 9, play at the table. Soon, the father ( I assume ) came back to check on them. The oldest, a boy, said, “Look Dad” and pointed to his creation. To which the father replied, “What is it?” The son said, “I don’t know” and the father smirked, “That’s what I thought”, and then walked off.
I was shocked to say the least and felt bad for the boy. What an ass that father was! Children need and want our endorsement and approval. They thirst for it. If we don’t show them our attention and acceptance when they are creating these “small wonders”, then later they are going to create large disasters in order to at least get our attention.
Help you children develop and nurture their creativity by:
- paying attention to them now – one day instead of “look at me daddy” it’s going to be “can I borrow the car.”
- encourage them – provide books, games and activities that encourage mind development.
- participate with their development – it shows that you care and that you believe in them.
- don’t bitch and moan when they make a mess – take note of their project and then explain cleaning up.
Is your child going to be the next great artist, designer, inventor, web designer or will he/she be shackled to a minimum wage existence. You have more control than you realize.
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