Encourage them and their dreams

Hello, boy, it has been a busy few weeks and I seemed to have fallen off the blogging path. So many things came up between work and family that I just couldn't get to my blog. I'm sure we all know the turmoil of too much happenning at the same time and priorities needing to be shifted for a bit. But mayhem has been managed and I can get back to the task of writing about how to make parenting more fun for you, your spouse and your kids.

So, onward to Encourage them and their dreams....

Do you remember when you were a kid and dreamt of being a movie star, a sports hero, the president or a daredevil or a rock star? We all had such dreams as children, fantasizing about being just like our heroes. At that moment in time, those dreams were a real as they could be. One could spend hours thinking about how they would sink the winning basket, or hitthe walk off home run. Or maybe your were thinking what your acceptance speech would be at the Oscars, or when you won the Nobel Prize. Whatever your dreams were, they were tangible and gave you something to strive for, something important you wanted to attain and at that time, everything seemed possible.

But then people told you dreams are silly, a waste of time, you could never really expect to be all that and slowly you stopped dreaming and got down to being practical, because practical is best, it is safe and it is expected by many of us in today’s world. Many of us look back with amusement on some of the dreams we held as children. I for one, wanted to be like Mahatma Gandhi, yeah, not sure where that came from, but I wanted to help people make the world a better place. Oh, and I wanted to be a great actress once.

Dreams play an important role in our lives. Everyone needs to dream to stretch our minds to the infinite possibilities in the universe. What if the Wright brothers had not had the dream of flight? What if they allowed naysayers to stop them from believing that man could fly. Most childhood dreams are transitory, a fleeting fancy of the latest fad, but even those dreams provide an opportunity to learn and grow and for you as a parent to encourage and support your child in delving into their own desires.

How cool would it be to actually live your dreams, to have a life that truly inspires you and brings you joy and satisfaction? Is that not what we are looking for in this life, to be happy and find our purpose? When your children talk of their dreams and aspirations, don’t be so quick to negate them, ask them questions about their dreams; have them research their dreams and see what it entails to make them come true. If it’s a phase it will pass, but if you’re supportive, you can both have some fun and maybe learn something new about yourself and your child.

Sounds like a win - win situation to me.