Teaching Your Child What to See
Denny 30 Apr 2008 | : Parenting Tips, Self-Improvement
“A pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity.
An optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty.”
– Winston Churchill
This is a great quote I came across in my adventures. Time and time again it is amazing to see and hear what people think about different situations. People find it easy to be negative and find the “bad” in everything. It is odd to me that people really look to make themselves unhappy. Some people even thrive on making themselves the martyr. What a sad way to go through life.
Our theme last week in class was “Happiness”. We spent the week teaching the children that it is your choice to be happy or to be sad. It was a great lesson for the kids - my hope is that a lot of the parents listened and started to understand what we were talking about. Here are some things I have heard lately that are easily turned from negative to positve:
# 1 - “I HAVE to go to work.” Easily can be “I GET to go to work.”
# 2 - “I CAN”T do that.” Easily can be “I am working on improving that.”
# 3 - “I am bad at math.” Easily can be “I am great at Language Arts.”
The list is endless.
Make it your mission to be the most positive person you know. The biggest challenge is to avoid getting pulled in by all of the negative people around you. Make it a point to minimize the time you spend around negative people - they are contagious!
One of the rules we have in our school is,
“Leave your negative attitude at the door. You can pick it up on your way out if you want.”
Simply put, we tell the students that we only want to work with happy people. If you are going to choose to have a negative attitude, then go some place else. We don’t want it.
