We are Choosing to be Second-time Parents, Despite How “Hard” It Is
We need to talk about the good parts of parenting
We went over to a little parent-teacher’s day this past weekend. A teacher who wasn’t one of our son’s class teachers recognized our son and stopped to tell us a story.
Our son is four and goes to kindergarten.
They base their learning on “emotions-based teaching” and that to some is a novel concept.
A reporter, apparently, had visited the school a few days back to understand what that even meant.
He asked what emotions-based learning was and how and why did the school think it worked?
Just then, our son happened to be the first kid they choose to “interview” or explore the impact of the methodology.
The reporter asked him a simple question that each kid at the school is asked every morning.
The question is simple “how do you feel this morning?”
And the children are free to choose from 6 icons of different feelings – three positive emotions and three negative ones.
Our son chose he felt loved, and per the teacher that is what he chooses every single day.
