On the way to Diya and Aadi's Kumon class (an after-school education program), I heard two quotable quotes from Diya and Aadi which I thought are worth noting down!
Context: Running out of interesting books to read, I recently started reading Diya's books - the Ramona novel series by Beverly Cleary. The stories about the 8 year old girl has triggered my guilt trip of not being an attentive dad. So, since this morning I am seizing every opportunity to make encouraging remarks to Diya and Aadi.
When I told Aadi that he is a very smart boy he replied, "I know I am smart!"
After a brief pause he asked, "Do you know why?
I asked, "Why?"
My 4 year old son replied, "Because my brain tells me to be smart. And my heart tells me to be correct."
The conversation moved to Diya. I was trying to explain to her in 1-2 sentences what our patent application (at work) is about, "The current method for calculation does not always work. So, we made an improvement to the method for calculation."
Diya interrupted, "So you mean that you fixed their method?"
I replied, "In a way, yes."
She asked, "Does your method of fixing have a problem?"
Before I could get a chance to reply, she explained (just in case I don't quite get it), "You know - if you try to fix a problem, it will also have its own problem. And this will happen again when you make the next fix. So, you can never make it perfect."
Lesson learnt - I am doing ok as a parent! ;)
I wrote this in Facebook today - wanted to capture it for posterity:
ReplyDelete"The older I grow, the more I see how less I know. That said, it really amazes me how much kids can comprehend but don't get a chance to communicate … all because we parents are too busy. Makes me wish if I could be more like our parents who were never ever too busy for us."