My dad was famous for saying, "rub some dirt on it" when my brother and I fell down. When my daughter was two, she fell flat on her face at a Starbucks. Other parents gasped. As she looked up to see my reaction, I looked at her with the expectation that she get up. She got up and continued walking. Instill grit when they are young. You c…
My dad was famous for saying, "rub some dirt on it" when my brother and I fell down. When my daughter was two, she fell flat on her face at a Starbucks. Other parents gasped. As she looked up to see my reaction, I looked at her with the expectation that she get up. She got up and continued walking. Instill grit when they are young. You can do the work early, when they are very young, or you can do the work later when they are a teenager, when it's 100x harder and has a 50/50 chance of working at all. I made many mistakes as a parent. But I think I got that part right.
I have a 3 y/o and a 2 week old, both girls. When my oldest falls, I generally laugh. It's not because I'm sadistic, I just want her to see that I'm not making a big deal of it, and she shouldn't either. Obviously if there's blood or broken bones, that won't apply, but it seems to work. She fell the other day and got a great scratch on her leg, but didn't cry. She ran over to me and excitedly showed me her boo boo.
My dad was famous for saying, "rub some dirt on it" when my brother and I fell down. When my daughter was two, she fell flat on her face at a Starbucks. Other parents gasped. As she looked up to see my reaction, I looked at her with the expectation that she get up. She got up and continued walking. Instill grit when they are young. You can do the work early, when they are very young, or you can do the work later when they are a teenager, when it's 100x harder and has a 50/50 chance of working at all. I made many mistakes as a parent. But I think I got that part right.
I have a 3 y/o and a 2 week old, both girls. When my oldest falls, I generally laugh. It's not because I'm sadistic, I just want her to see that I'm not making a big deal of it, and she shouldn't either. Obviously if there's blood or broken bones, that won't apply, but it seems to work. She fell the other day and got a great scratch on her leg, but didn't cry. She ran over to me and excitedly showed me her boo boo.
Absolutely!!! Our boys were baseball players and I a coach. "Rub some dirt on it and get back up" was ubiquitous phrasing around our house.