Some fantastic insight. I haven't ever asked myself this question, for me it has always been more of 'am I raising emotionally intelligent kids', but I think the two are very similar. I think part of ensuring our kids' wellbeing is understanding that they aren't us, they won't ever be us, and their brains are beautiful and amazing as they are. I, too, being AuDHD often wish my brain was *less* complex. I now often choose not to think too much about the why of things because in my mid-forties I'm exhausted by it all.
I love it, thank you for this. I feel like church and my upbringing really encouraged the serious, deep-thinking side of me and I forgot to just enjoy being young and light-hearted. It's coming back to bite me as an adult lol. I just hope I'll be able to encourage and honor both in my children.
I admit, I had to look up the word "vapid." I thought I understood the gist of what you were saying, but wanted to be sure. The definition was, "dull or lacking in excitement." It's interesting to me that we "deep-Bible-thinkers" decide to apply "vapid" to those who don't think..."deeply." I mean, who gets to define what dull is? LOL
I have to disagree with your statement about "old souls" a bit. I DO think kids should be free to enjoy their time of innocence, so in that regard we are in agreement. However, I've often happily described my kids as being old souls. While they do have friends their own age and we're thrilled when they're out and about, they have often shown discernment when it comes to typical pitfalls of youth. I'm grateful for this.
Thank you, as always, for your words Cindy. I have been thinking a lot about how I often feel like I am floundering in the vacuum created by my rejection of the whole worldview I was raised in and how that leaves me without a known framework in parenting...it is so very helpful to get input from people with similar experiences like yourself!
Some fantastic insight. I haven't ever asked myself this question, for me it has always been more of 'am I raising emotionally intelligent kids', but I think the two are very similar. I think part of ensuring our kids' wellbeing is understanding that they aren't us, they won't ever be us, and their brains are beautiful and amazing as they are. I, too, being AuDHD often wish my brain was *less* complex. I now often choose not to think too much about the why of things because in my mid-forties I'm exhausted by it all.
I love it, thank you for this. I feel like church and my upbringing really encouraged the serious, deep-thinking side of me and I forgot to just enjoy being young and light-hearted. It's coming back to bite me as an adult lol. I just hope I'll be able to encourage and honor both in my children.
I admit, I had to look up the word "vapid." I thought I understood the gist of what you were saying, but wanted to be sure. The definition was, "dull or lacking in excitement." It's interesting to me that we "deep-Bible-thinkers" decide to apply "vapid" to those who don't think..."deeply." I mean, who gets to define what dull is? LOL
I have to disagree with your statement about "old souls" a bit. I DO think kids should be free to enjoy their time of innocence, so in that regard we are in agreement. However, I've often happily described my kids as being old souls. While they do have friends their own age and we're thrilled when they're out and about, they have often shown discernment when it comes to typical pitfalls of youth. I'm grateful for this.
Thank you, as always, for your words Cindy. I have been thinking a lot about how I often feel like I am floundering in the vacuum created by my rejection of the whole worldview I was raised in and how that leaves me without a known framework in parenting...it is so very helpful to get input from people with similar experiences like yourself!
I hope I’m raising vapid kids too!
I think the Barbie movie really exposed a lot of our prejudices on this.
oh so true!