I went to pick up Erbao from school, and a few meters away, I saw her and two girls walking towards me while chatting.
Seeing me, Erbao excitedly asked, Mom, where can I find mulberry leaves?
Only then did I see that each of the three girls had a box in their hands. I looked closely, and there were a few small black dots in the box. I remembered that Erbao said that the science teacher would give silkworm eggs to students who wanted to raise silkworms. It is estimated that the girls' boxes are full of silkworm eggs.
This question bothered me, because there happened to be a mulberry tree in the community square opposite the school, and I proposed to take them to pick mulberry leaves.
The three girls shouted happily, and the next second, they ran away like the wind, leaving me in hot pursuit.
The children found the mulberry tree and eagerly began to pick it, chatting as they picked it. Looking at their little faces, which were a little red from the sun, I felt their happiness.
Their happiness is also contagious to me. I think how simple it is for children to be happy, as long as they have two or three playmates, even if they pick mulberry leaves together and talk about how to raise silkworms together, they can be very happy.
I have been raising children for many years, and there are many moments when I have been healed by them, and I have also gained happiness from them, and I have learned some simple truths from them.
No wonder the Italian educator Montessori said that children are the fathers of adults.
Yes, in the world of children, happiness is simple, life is simple, they laugh when they want to, cry when they want to cry. They know how to live in the moment.
I have been raising a baby for many years, and I have learned a lot of simple truths from my children and share them with you.
One mother said that when her daughter was in kindergarten, she participated in a drawing activity. The daughter persisted for a month, and exchanged the points exchanged for punch cards for a bunny hairpin.
My daughter liked the hairpin very much and happily took it to kindergarten, but when she came home from school that day, her daughter wore a hairpin and her beautiful hairpin was gone.
Mom asked, why is the hairpin still there in the morning, but it is gone when school is over.
My daughter came back, and it slept with me during the nap, and then I didn't know where it went.
The mother just wanted to comfort her daughter a few words, but the daughter said again, it's okay mother, maybe the person who picked it up needs a hairpin more than me, so let him be happy.
The mother was relieved all of a sudden, and her daughter knew how to comfort herself. What makes her even more gratifying is that although her daughter is young, she is quite atmospheric and transparent.
And this, sometimes she can't do it herself, she should really learn from her daughter, she thought.
Another mother said that one day she went to pick up her son from school, and the teacher asked her to stay with the child. At this time, the mother saw that the corner of her son's right eye was red.
Later, the teacher invited another little boy and her grandmother and explained it.
It turned out that during lunch meal, the little boy accidentally pushed her son, but unfortunately, the son touched the cabinet and bleed a little from the corner of his right eye.
The mother was naturally distressed, and what made her even more uncomfortable was that the perpetrators, the little boy and his grandmother, had no intention of apologizing to them.
At this time, my son said, "Mom, I am bleeding here, and Dr. Ding disinfected me with a cotton swab, thanks to Dr. Ding for saving my life."
The son's childish words made both the teacher and the mother laugh.
When the son saw his mother laughing, he hurriedly coquetted with his mother, saying that he was fine, it didn't hurt anymore, and XX (boy) didn't mean it. After saying that, the son took the boy's hand and said let's go play, and asked the mother not to forget to come to them.
The mother looked at her sensible son, and most of the unhappiness in her heart disappeared, and she said a few words to the teacher and the boy's grandmother and went to chase her son.
Mom lamented that many times, children don't care about past suspicions, but adults care about it.
I feel the same way. When children play together, it is inevitable that there will be small contradictions and frictions. But in fact, most of the time, the children quarreled and quickly reconciled.
It is often the parents who can't get by. They will measure in their hearts whether their children have suffered a loss, and whether they should persuade their children not to play with XX.
But the children are a lot simpler, small frictions and small contradictions, they don't take it to heart, one second quarrels, the next second to play together is common.
As an adult, you should really learn from the open-mindedness of children.
My friend said that after raising children, I realized that sometimes, children love us more than we think.
Friends said that once she had a fight with her daughter, she was very angry, so she went downstairs to calm down.
When she was wandering around the community, she was still angry in her heart, and the older her daughter was, the more ignorant she became, and she would turn her face when she didn't say a few wrong words.
At that time, it was almost time for dinner, and my friend was angry, so naturally he didn't want to cook, and he didn't have the heart to order takeout. But there is still a second child at home, and she is still a little conflicted.
Just when my friend was upset, her daughter called, and she asked where she was, and she cooked the meal, and mischievously said that if she wasn't angry, she would go home for dinner.
At that moment, most of her friend's anger disappeared, and she thought that her daughter was quite eye-catching, could take the initiative to call her, and knew how to cook.
Naturally, my friend went home, and when I saw the scrambled eggs and steamed rice with tomatoes made by my daughter, my friend's originally tense face smiled a little bit.
The daughter apologized to her, and the friend also reviewed herself.
Children are more open-minded and easier to let go, she said.
It's not like us adults, who quarrel with children, are so angry that they don't want to care about children. On the other hand, children still love their parents after making noise, and they also know how to cook and take the initiative to ask their parents for peace.
It is said that parents are the first teachers of children, and children are actually teachers.
From the children, we can see their simple happiness, we are pleased with their open-minded hearts, and even more pleased with their pure unconditional love for their parents.
Father, daughter, mother and son are a lifelong fate and an opportunity to learn from each other.