Lessons to learn from children 30 Articles

by Tiffany R. Tripp

Five lessons I've learned from my daughter during the first thirteen years: 1. It's okay to cry during sappy movies. My daughter and I both pride ourselves on not being girly girls. It's a bit ridiculous as both of...read more

by Jim Lin

Lessons My Son Has Taught Me Nothing like having a kid in the house to recalibrate your perspective on things 1. Dessert is so much sweeter when you have to earn it by eating all your broccoli. 2. If your favorite s...read more

by Jenifer Rose

Often, as adults and parents, we feel we have to be the ones to teach our children. We often feel the only lessons to be learned are from us, because we are older and have more experience. I have learned, however, that...read more

by Sherry Obenauer

Kids: Teachers of the Universe Since the beginning of time, adults have been seen as the holders of infinite wisdom and children as too immature to fathom the ways of the universe. Only ad...read more

by Ian Loft

Adults often overlook one of the most useful resources available where the unusual and innovative solutions are only a question away. The idea that children should be seen and not heard is a fallacy that sometimes influen...read more

by Lacey Nix

There are many important lessons we learn as children. However as we get older we lose a lot of the common sense we learned as kids. Somewhere between the innocence of childhood and the reality of becoming an adult we lose...read more

by Angela S. Young

Kids teach us so much. They start out with no prejudices, no pre-conceived notions, and no guile. A thought pops into their head and they blurt it out, not realizing the potential for embarrassment that keeps so man of u...read more

by Gool Bugwadia-Parenting Styles Steward

There is indeed so much we can learn from children, if only we are consciously attentive to their natural innocence and spirit of gay abandon. Having worked closely with a vast array of children from varied strata of socie...read more

by Just Me Here

OUR CHILDREN, OUR FUTURE Children are such a joy to have in your life. Being blessed with three children myself, I have learned so much from them just as they have learned from me. Being a parent is the most important j...read more

by E. Shayla

So many times, as parents, we try to "make" our children understand the importance of careful work. We want them to understand the consequences of sloppy, rushed schoolwork. We wish for them to grasp each link in the cha...read more

by Kim Everett

Lessons to learn from children. Dance every time you hear music. Sing from your heart. If you don't like it, don't eat it. If you feel like screaming, let it rip. Be honest and open about how you feel. ...read more

by Julie Gray

"Mommy, know what?" My five-year old daughter Quincy's tiny voice drifted from the backseat of the car. "Summer comes after spring and sometimes it rains in spring. Know what mommy? I like spring." I was taking my daught...read more

by Julie Sewell-Schmidt

Sometimes I get wrapped up in the mundane tasks that go along with making a household reasonably functional (whatever the definition of that is). Instead of focusing on that, maybe it's time to focus on these Make frie...read more

by Stephen Bate

Ten years ago I was blessed with twin boys. This was a significant event for all of the obvious reasons. Mainly, it was the culmination of years of fertility treatment and our first experience of parenthood, which brings w...read more

by Marcia Johnson

If adults could learn one lesson from children, I would love for it to be either of these. 1. THE ART OF FORGIVENESS Kids have an amazing ability to forgive unconditionally. When two kids have a disagreement of so...read more

by Gail Marsh

Sometime from childhood to adulthood it is easy to forget the virtue of sportsmanship. Good ole sportsmanship is taught at the early ages of childhood. It is something that adults preach to children without much thought of...read more

by Luann Rabenstein

What I learned from my child was to count to 10. 1. Count to 10. It's during this time I remember how much I Love him, not only for who he is, but for who he has made me become. He makes me look at myself and the world ...read more

by Barry Williams

Children may be blessed with two loving parents and be part of a loving family.As such lessons learned from children will be reflected in love so freely given by the children in return for love so freely shown by the paren...read more

by Frederick Lee

Children have the wonderful capacity to teach us not only about our world, but more importantly, about ourselves. Most of us are understandably preoccupied with the pressing issues of our daily lives. In this high-stress, ...read more

by Suzanne Roerig

Children do not seem to fear learning new things. We are intimidated with change. We analyze everything. Children are excited about learning, and we can definitely learn from them. Did you ever watch a kid learning to read...read more