THE WAY SMALL CHILDREN SEE US, ADULTS

THE WAY SMALL CHILDREN SEE US, ADULTS
April/28/’11

Today, my goal is to travel in time and make you see the world as we saw it during our first seven years of living. By doing this we will be able to obtain a new inspiring point of view long ago forgotten buried under many layers of years.
We will surely gain a lot understanding how children see our adult world. With the present digital cameras is quite easy to see what they see; how they are able to appreciate our good moods, as well as our ugly side when we get angry or impatient with them; Giants in their wonderful world when they see us happy, and in monsters who frighten them in their terrible world every time they see our negative side. Their fresh brains are accurate enough to file our faces, tone of voice and body language. So ask your spouse to take you several pictures calculating the level of the height at which their eyes are, also record our commanding tone of voice voices instructing them to behave.

I've also found very useful to participate in games in which nobody has a noticeable advantage; for instance spending just a quarter of an hour observing a chosen color. It would be highly recommended not to sound like their parents or teachers; on the contrary, a joyful game full of unsuspected surprise for everybody. In this way they will feel motivated being aware that we don't know everything that their findings are as important as ours. This can be done at home and when the good weather permits outdoors. We will discover how we have underestimated our children's precise perceptions and great imagination. It is a win win family game. Not only have they learned, but us as well. Let's remember that we, their parents were chosen by them and not the other way round. Who has to behave are us parents. If we do this at least from their age’s four to seven we will reinforce their self-esteem a lot. And we will be ready for their teen years by playing our role of parents and more importantly as their true friends; loving parents who always be there for them!
A kind suggestion: use the backwards method; start with the age you are and then by closing your eyes and sharpening all the others senses go back in time; very slowly , year by year. We’ve discovered that age three is an excellent starting year to experience recollections from this year during different seasons, the year four, year five, year six and last year seven. As you might have guessed the height of your eyes is a little higher with each passing year.

Ezequiel Rodríguez Saldívar