Child-likePurity

     People are constantly telling me I shouldn't pursue a career in education because there is nothing out there for me. Blah Blah Blah, is what I have to say to them. Children are my passion and always will be. I shouldn' t have to explain my passions but I will purely for the sake of the nay sayers out there.

     Have you ever met a child that wasn't completely honest, I mean yes they can lie for fear of being in trouble, but if they don't like you you will know it. In my opinion, children have the best sense of people. They know if you're a good person or not and they know if they like you. It is what it is. When everyone is born, they are born with a sort of "child-like purity", they know what they want, they know what they don't want, and they know if they like you are not. You have Bill Cosby's "Kids say the darnedest things" for example. I've never met a kid who didn't tell me the truth.

     My mom loves telling stories about the upfrontness I had when I was little. I've blurted out to her about people not washing their hands, people being fat, and people not being handicapped. She loves to tell one certain story about me though. She said that, when I was little, if I went over to your house and felt comfortable I would immediately take off my shoes... Odd yes, but still. If I wasn't comfortable with the environment or people I would keep my shoes on and wait for us to leave. Kids have amazing minds that people seem to look at with narrow minds. When kids speak to me, I listen. They will tell you truth, it may be blunt and 100% honest, but it is honest. They don't have the concept of "hurt feelings" yet, so if you ask them if your dress makes you look fat and it does, well then you're probably going to get a yes out of them. Don't yell at them for being "mean" or "hurtful" because they weren't trying to be. Don't be mad at them for not telling you what you wanted to hear. If you say be honest, well then they will be honest. There is no gray area. They aren't adults, they aren't going to stab you in the back, they aren't going to lie to your face, and they aren't going to be two faced.

     If during the day they scream and yell at you and say they hate you, don't react negatively. Because at the end of the day, they will still want and need you, they will still need you to tuck them in to bed, check the closet for monsters, and kiss them goodnight. They need you even when you think they're being childish.

     I've always wondered what the world would be like if we still had our Child-Like purity along with our mature minds to think things through... Is that even possible?

    What if we all still had our Kindergarten confidence? If you ask an adult if they can sing, dance, if they look good, if they're confident, if they don't think they are or can do any of those things then you will get a no. But if you think about it, the answer should be yes. Most everybody can sing and dance, it may not be good or in key but you can still sing. Most everybody thinks they look good in the morning when they first get dressed, but they lose those thoughts because they're scared of what somebody else may say or think about the way they look. And if you ask the adult if they're confident they'll say no, because for so long society has told them they suck or they're ugly so many times that they're confidence truly is worn down or simply gone. But if you ask a crowd of kindergartners they'll get up and start singing and dancing to prove you wrong, they will definitely say they look good even if their shoes don't match, and of course they know they're confident because they haven't been worn down yet. So what would happen if we all remained like this? How much more confident would people be? We'd have less shootings, less suicides, and maybe even less murders... Think about it. We need our Kindergarten Confidence back.

     A child is the purest form of humanity. They tell you the truth, not maybe what you want to hear, but what needs to be said or what you asked for. They are truthful and pure and simply my favorite people to be around. So pay attention to your kids when they say something and encourage the fact that they still have kindergarten confidence