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Of Age and Dying
When Henry started going to school, he learned about opposites like young and old. I don't know why, he seemed to associate age with dying. So he would ask questions like:
H: Ma, am I young?
Me: Yes, you're only 5
H: Is 30 old?
Me: (Pause) Hmm..Not really.
H: So what age is old?
Me:Hmm, when a person's age is near 100.
A few days later, we went to visit his great-grandmother and then he asked me how old she was. When I told him that she's 85 yrs. old, he blurted out "That's so near 100 Ma!" I'm sure you know what's in his mind. :)
One time in family home evening, my husband and I tried to teach our boys about the principle of faith.We said " Faith is believing in something or someone. So when you believe in something even though you don't see it but you know it's true- that is faith." And then we show them pictures of the Savior and how we believe in Him even if we don't see Him physically. After a while, my husband added (knowing our sons love basketball) that faith can also be used in basketball..such that if you believe you can make a shot, then it will happen.
The next day, when we got home from work, our eldest son was so happy to announce to us "I already have 5 faiths Dad!" So my husband asked why..and then he replied " Because I shot the ball 5 times today while playing basketball!" :)
Parents need to correct their children when they do wrong.It's also a form of love. Many times kids just keep on doing the same things over and over again that parents get annoyed of like not keeping their toys, playing with the water faucet, pulling the cat's tail (they might get bitten). Anyway, when I try to remind my kids about certain things, I always have this line " How many times do I have to tell you.."One day, my son requested something from me which I honestly forgot to do. To my surprise, he came to me, both his hands on his hips and exclaimed "How many times do I have to tell you, Ma!" (tsk,tsk! :))
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