Socialization of a very young child, how this young child had, learned one of the most important lessons of his young life, translated…
My son had worked overtime two days straight, he was beat, that as he’d entered into the living room, he’d, taken off his coat, and fallen asleep on the living room floors.
My two year old grandson, Ting, hugged on to his Mickey Mouse stuffed toy, and, rammed into his dad’s tummy, he’d used such force, my son was awakened suddenly, and screamed aloud, “Who was it?”
But, we say Ting started grilling the stuffed Mickey, “Mickey, how can you bump into my father?”
I can’t believe it, that this kid at the tender age of TWO could lie, and not take responsibilities for his own acts, my son and daughter decided to not react, waited to see how he’d, behaved himself as the time passed. The active child, perhaps, he felt guilty, became very silent that evening.
The following day, I’d asked him, “Who was it that ran into your daddy’s stomach and made him ouch?”
The child stated in a lowered voice, “it was Mickey and me”, then, lowered his head, didn’t dare to look me in the eyes. Later, as my son approached, I’d reminded Ting if he had something to tell my son, he’d immediately lifted his head up to his dad, “Daddy, I’m sorry, I love you.” Then, reached out to his father, to get a hug from him. Apparently, the night he’d told on the previous evening had, taken over his mind, and once he’d admitted it was him, he’d felt, relieved, and, he’d become, his happy self again.
Two weeks later, they’d come to my home. Ting slid down from the big bed, and, accidentally, stepped on our old dog, Days, he’d gotten so very nervous, squatted down and asked, “Days, are you, okay? I’m so sorry”, then, the two of them, young and old, sat on the floor, and, we saw Ting started yapping to our fourteen year-old old dog, and she’d not felt annoyed by him, kept her eyes on him, like she was, focused at listening to his words.
As we watched, we were very moved, and we were, very glad, that this child had learned, to “admit to wrongdoing as he’d done something wrong”, one of the most important lessons he’ll find useful as he grows older.
And so, this is the importance of keeping your cool, when you catch your kid doing something wrong, like in the above, the young child had hit his father on the stomach with his Mickey Mouse stuffed toy, and he’d told his parents that it was Mickey who’d, hit his dad in the stomach, but later on, he’d told his grandparent that it was him, and, the grandparent showed him that he needed to go and apologize to his own father, and, this just showed, how kids are compelled to lie, because they didn’t want to disappoint their parents, fearing that the parents may not love them anymore, and, the grandparent used this as a lesson to teach the boy, and, the young boy quickly applied what he’d learned of how to apologize right when you’d done something wrong, to the old dog of the grandparents’.
Life, the Obstacle Course 