Writing exercises: What adults can learn from children 18 Articles

by Elena Ryder

There she was, a five year old freckle faced wad of energy with a toothless smile and eyes that twinkled like stars, staring straight into me, with the most innocent and exuberant words I've ever heard. "I love you becaus...read more

by D. Anderson

Everyone should be familiar with the book "All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten" by Robert Fulghum; if you are not familiar with it, head to www.robertfulghum.com or to any online or offline bookstore and pu...read more

by Janeal Mulaney

What can we learn from Children? I can't believe I ran across this question to write about tonight, when I was just thinking this afternoon how sad it is that adults loose so much of themselves. When we're young we d...read more

by Kimberly H. Smith

Adults can learn the excitement of discovery from children. As a mother of a son who is almost 8 months old, I am constantly amazed by his amazement. He wants to put every object within and beyond his reach in his mouth,...read more

by Diane Palmer

Us adults could learn a thing or two about writing from our children. Have you ever noticed, that kids love to write stories about where they would like to go, or who to be, or what is beyond the stars?.. its always so...read more

by Clava Ghirca

By getting involved in the children's universe,one is making the necessary connection between past and future. Children help adults to remember their own childhood and thus to evaluate and compare the life from historical ...read more

by Valerie L. Harvey

The one thing that adults can learn from children is to spend as much quality time with your child(ren) as you can, because children grow up too fast. Before you know it, their an adult, beginning their life learning to s...read more

by barbara sirrot

Children will teach you more on one day than a room full of library books. They teach us patience, sacrifice and where the bathroom is in every department store in town. I have learned to read upside down, write backward...read more

by Ann Marie Dwyer

Adults learn simplicity from children everyday: in the unmasked questions they ask, in the politically incorrect phrases they utter and in the beautiful ideas that sprout in their fertile minds. The imagination of a child...read more

by Ed Dixon

What can we learn from children? We can learn a lot, by just watching the things they do, or just listening to them. That's what I did. I asked my granddaughter what I should write about, and she pointed to a stuffed bl...read more

by Gerald Yuscavage

When Pablo Picasso was in his later years, he explained that when he was in his teens he could already paint and draw like the great masters, but it took him a lifetime to learn how to do it like a child. I believe it ...read more

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by Earthdawn7

Motherhood Motherhood is a sacred initiation into the esoteric art of selflessness. As mother, there is only the divine will to nurture and protect the young, often to the detriment of our own physical and social needs....read more

by B.J. McClure

As we face the inevitable mistakes made, trauma, broken hearts, and soccer kicks to our self esteem while growing up we often forget what it was like to be a child. As teachers, parents and care givers we more than not exp...read more

by David Skolnik

Do you remember the Art Linkletter Show from the 1950s and 1960s? It was about a middle-age talk show host who interviewed children on the set and got them to say the darnedest things. It was innocent and adorable, but you...read more

by Rita Lawrence

I guess that as we grow up, we often forsake our "whole" childhood and yet as we go on in life, we often see that not all of it needed to be left behind. Adults can learn these few things from children: a. We could sim...read more

by Melvin Richardson

There are so many things that adults can learn from children that it's simply amazing. The bible says a child can lead you. Some of the things that I noticed is whenever children get ready to write something they use ...read more

by Madeleine Wilson

The front door opens. Bronwyn pushes through. I follow, slightly annoyed at her impudence and lack of manners yet trying to 'let it go.' The backpack gets thrown to the ground. The clothes come off. Down to her underw...read more

by Chantal Angrin

With the unending imagination of a child there is much to learn. A child is a very fragile thing but a beautiful one. Children have the mind of scientist. There are questions that need to be answered and they will search f...read more