Parent’s Corner | Tayo Station \ stacker news ~mostly

I woke up this morning and realised that I should blog about Rina’s learning journey at Tayo Station.

It was a rewarding trip because I feel that I like her more and more now. I mean, I speak sagely as if I really know the difference between "like" and "love", but I think I am biologically predisposed to love her. "Like", however, is my choice.

Anyway, after being subjected to rhetoric about how children follow typical developmental milestones, I was pleasantly surprised to notice her quirks and how they make her a unique individual.

While most of her classmates were contented playing in the ball pit, she went to take some cubes and transport them onto a bus. Subsequently, she barged into an area reserved for the kids from another preschool and attempted to climb a sloping wall. She's clearly a free-spirited spunky person, which is awesome, because I'm like that too! I love being called "unconventional"; "quirky" is another compliment you can bestow on me.
She evidently loves eating because she was the first to enter the snack room and LAST to leave. She's particular about how she eats. She nonchalantly laid out all the biscuits on the table, poked at them, and tucked into them as if it was the most natural eating behaviour. She dictates her pace, unconcerned about what her classmates were doing.
She has a strategic mind. She saw the open door to the souvenir shop, seized the opportunity to sneak out, and pointed at a yellow plush bus toy. She knows what she wants and isn't afraid to pursue it!
I have also gained a renewed sense of appreciation for her. Although she can give me hell at times, she has not resorted to slamming her fists and legs facedown on the floor. I looked at these children and their struggling parents with a mix of horrified awe and sympathy. Okay, I better not jinx my good luck.

May Rina's unflappable spirit remain pure and uncorrupted by the stresses of growing up.

24 sats \ 1 reply \ @Satosora 22 Sep

is that one of those scooters that you have to turn the handle to gain momentum?

25 sats \ 0 replies \ @cryotosensei OP 22 Sep

Yes! N the parent can ride it with his child. Except that mine pushed me forcefully away lol

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @jerrybature 22 Sep

What is "conventional" if not that which you've been taught and conditioned, together with your classmates, to obey and do for the sake of blending into a collective? Most kids, especially first time at school, do not want to be conventional, until they've been forced by parents and teachers and stayed long enough in school, succumbing to "authorities" they cared little about.

We need kids, like your little Rina, to be uncoventional (in a positive direction). There is whole lot of stuff to learn in this world, and most of the learning will spring from individual, personal, deliberate experiences. The path is non-linear and sometimes complex. Schools, especially fiat-run ones, unfortunately, streamlines this path. Most kids end up graduating/living school more confused than when they entered.

I believe, bitcoin is a tool to help us turn things around towards a more free and better future for our kids.

Thanks for sharing.