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The Year of the Tiger in the Lunar Calendar is the second New Year experienced by her daughter", "Sister Siji". She is one and a half years old and has her own simple and practical set of language learning. I made a video call with my aunt who was far away in Hong Kong, and she followed us to say "happy" in a milky voice, omitting the word "New Year", which was a New Year blessing.

The New Year has its own new changes, and the "Four Sisters" have discovered it. The community is full of lights, she looks at and says "lamp lamp"; the street hangs a five-star red flag, she points and says "star"; the door is pasted with the zodiac sign waving spring, she raises her eyes and says "Qiaoqiao" - in her impression, the zodiac tiger and her doll "Qiaohu" are the same, of course, can be called "Qiaoqiao".

Xixin is not tired of the old - for the "Sister Siji", the past is just a change of form of existence. The furry zodiac cow sticker was torn off the glass door by me, and my daughter was reluctant to let it go, so the sticker became her new toy. All kinds of shopping paper bags, plastic bags, she also does not let go of them. Putting kraft paper rolls, plastic spoons, and puppies in them one by one, and then taking them out one by one, and so on, she could quietly fiddle with them for tens of minutes. Suddenly, she picked up the bag full of dens, leaned back with her small face and open hands, and said "bye-bye" to the adults mischievously, and then turned around to put on her little shoes and "go out on the street". It turned out that she was imagining the scene of adults carrying large bags and small bags and taking her to buy New Year goods together.

It was dark, and the "Sister Siji" was still immersed in the game of "going to the street" and refused to put down the bag in her hand. Taking advantage of the opportunity to wash her face, her wife said: "Tomorrow I will go to the street again, okay?" The daughter disagreed. It was time to change her pajamas, and the wife asked her again, but the daughter still did not agree. The wife had to pick her up, go to the balcony, point to the darkening sky and say, "It's getting dark, the children are all home, let's go to the street tomorrow." This time, the "Sister Siji" finally realized that the game should be over.

In fact, children's thinking is initially quiet and slow. They are always observing and thinking, and they need to be given enough space and time by adults. In other words, in the face of children, we must have a mood of waiting for the flowers to bloom, and patiently look forward to it. In this process, children learn to independently discern, think and make decisions in order to fully feel the joy of self-growth.

Looking back on the past year, some of the "firsts" in my daughter's growth, my heart is filled with a warm force. The first time she turned over, the "Siji sister" cheered up enough energy, shouted, and succeeded; the first time she climbed the steps, she found that she could not climb the steps like a hurdle, and suddenly she climbed on her knees; the first time she walked, she screamed and opened her arms, like a bird that took off... From this, my wife and I became more and more aware that love is a long-term gaze, a listening, and a help. We must constantly learn how to maintain self-discipline and avoid arbitrary judgment and inappropriate intervention in order to truly give our children the support they need. And in the process, each of us has grown.

In the new year, may we all be treated gently and learn how to be gentle; may every child in the world grow up happily.

Article/Guangzhou Daily commentator Yang Bo

Photo: Guangzhou Daily Xinhuacheng reporter Yang Yaoye

Guangzhou Daily New Flower City Editor Hu Jun