To be young...
A little before 3:30am, writing a not-so-stressful paper about my experiences as a research assistant and I just got a little sad all of a sudden. I'm actually almost at the end of my paper and I found that I had written this...
"Together the parent and child would work towards understanding each other’s feelings. I noticed that during the [part of the interview where the parent and child discuss a behavior/attitude about learning that was 'not perfect'], the parent would bring up and clearly establish the expectations that the parents had for the child in a patient manner. Especially if the child showed signs of distress, no matter how small, the parent would comfort the child by emphasizing that the parents didn’t expect the child to be perfect, but to try his/her best and that it was okay to make mistakes."
I know it's really simplistic and foolish to compare parents' expectations for their kids when they're 4 or 5 compared to when they're 20+, of course things are more complicated, more pressure, more responsibilities, etc. Even so, it still makes me a little sad to think about how difficult it is to remember this. Because underneath it all it should still be the same, right? Well, I guess it's all just part of life and growing up...
Okay, back to papering...I'm probably also a bit off-kilter because Sonia's leaving in the afternoon and our suite's splitting up =(
Something happy to end on
This is my cousin Kate (though my dad and I call her KateKate). I'm her ninang, which means I'm her godmother, but I haven't done much besides buy her a pretty dress and play with her. KateKate is almost 23 months old and she's kind of OCD, but that's part of why she's hilarious and beautiful :)
"Together the parent and child would work towards understanding each other’s feelings. I noticed that during the [part of the interview where the parent and child discuss a behavior/attitude about learning that was 'not perfect'], the parent would bring up and clearly establish the expectations that the parents had for the child in a patient manner. Especially if the child showed signs of distress, no matter how small, the parent would comfort the child by emphasizing that the parents didn’t expect the child to be perfect, but to try his/her best and that it was okay to make mistakes."
I know it's really simplistic and foolish to compare parents' expectations for their kids when they're 4 or 5 compared to when they're 20+, of course things are more complicated, more pressure, more responsibilities, etc. Even so, it still makes me a little sad to think about how difficult it is to remember this. Because underneath it all it should still be the same, right? Well, I guess it's all just part of life and growing up...
Okay, back to papering...I'm probably also a bit off-kilter because Sonia's leaving in the afternoon and our suite's splitting up =(
Something happy to end on
This is my cousin Kate (though my dad and I call her KateKate). I'm her ninang, which means I'm her godmother, but I haven't done much besides buy her a pretty dress and play with her. KateKate is almost 23 months old and she's kind of OCD, but that's part of why she's hilarious and beautiful :)
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