Well.
I am going to tell you anyways.
You are not more important than anyone else.
I am not more important than you either.
I heard a story about a kids birthday party where they didn't JUST give out little goodie bags. Nope.
They brought one gift for the birthday kid
AND
brought just as fancy gifts for every kid attending.
We are so concerned with making kids feel good.
That we are forgetting life isn't always sunshine and roses.
Life is gonna suck sometimes.
That is what makes the good times so good.
If all times are good times, then we forget how good they are.
If everything is given to kids.
They don't know about working for things.
They won't know how to hold a job.
And they won't know how proud a person can feel for paying off a WHOLE ENTIRE BILL!
It's exciting man.
They don't know how to talk face to face.
Only through text and snap chat.
They don't know how to share things.
A lot of kids DONT CARE about others.
And if they do... they expect something in return.
And as a teacher.
I see this EVERY DAY.
I do what I can to help them learn how to be a decent human.
But I only see them for a few hours every day.
They don't REALIZE that you are going to have to work your way to what you want.
I had one kid who thinks she is going to get a 5 bedroom house right out of school.
And if she starts saving up, yeah... she can do that.
Another kid said, "I want that though."
I replied with, "doesn't mean you are going to get it."
He stuck his little nose in the air and firmly stated, "But I WANT it!!"
I said again, "Just because you want something does not mean you are always going to get it. Life doesn't work that way."
And he squinted his eyes and said, "Maybe not for YOU."
And all I could think to myself was... Boy. This kid has another think coming, and that other think is going to hurt in the future.
It is OKAY to tell a kid NO.
It is OKAY to tell a kid they need to pick ONE activity.
It is OKAY to tell your kid they can WORK for what they want.
It is OKAY to teach your kid just because someone else has it doesn't mean they need it too.
It is OKAY for your kid to be disappointed. Life is disappointing. It just gives them an opportunity to learn how to deal with that. And you can be there to show them.
It is OKAY for your kid to be bored. It teaches them how to be creative.
Kids think they run the world.
Kids think they know the real world based on the Kardashians and other "reality" tv.
WE know that life doesn't work that way, and even though we WISH it would work that way... does not MEAN that we should not show them how to deal with life when it gets hard, when it gets frustrating, and when it hurts.
THOSE are things we should be teaching our kids.
Not how to use an iphone at age 3.
It's time we start being the adults we have grown up to be and start taking responsibility and showing kids that adulting, while hard, is not all bad.