Pleased to hear that after a rough start, Liam is back to being friends with his schoolmate Abdul. There was a day there where peer pressure convinced Abdul That Liam was somehow not worth playing with, but only for a day. Now they are back to playing together regularly and from the little report Ive had, are as good friends as youre likely to see from a couple of four year olds. I like that Liam was willing to overlook any brief reticence on Abduls part and still try to make something of the friendship. Whether it lasts is unimportant. Theyre four. But the fact that whatever difference briefly separate them was inconsequential in the short term is more important However, as a result of our parenting, Liam is apparently unwilling to speak anything but honest feelings about people. Desiree met one of Liams classmates in front of that boys mother, and on introducing herself to the young boy in front of Liam, he said Yeah. Hes mean. As matter of factly as a little boy can. And to be honest, as his father, Im prone to believe that at face value Because if theres one thing Liam is not, its dishonest about how he feels. Sure, he will like any four year old lie to your face about things like whether he feels too ill to eat dinner but just good enough to have dessert, and about whether he is tired or not, but he never lies about how someone makes him feel, or how he feels someone has treated him. That makes it all that more impressive that Abdul and he worked things out. I dont think Liam would have bothered if he blamed Abdul for whatever happened between them. But I think Liam realized that whatever the problem was, it didnt come from Abdul, it came from someone else in Abduls social circle, and that didnt bother Liam at all because hes a stronger, and better person than a lot of other people might be when faced with that same situation Maybe Im reading a lot into it since Im not there to talk it through with the boy or see its effect on him, and maybe Im ascribing traits to Liam that I think he should have, but I dont think so. Ive seen him deal with this sort of adversity before and he has always bounced back with greater resilience than people of far greater maturity, and rarely blames those who otherwise are not directly to blame themselves. Anyway, Im happy to know my boy can face these sorts of things with assurance and maturity. I do wish he would learn a little tact, however
Posted on: Fri, 19 Sep 2014 03:55:41 +0000
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