This is what I want for my children: a lifetime of curiosity. The desire to learn things, to engage with the world before them and connect with the people around them. To relish the journey and search as much as the destination and answer. The simultaneous ability to be both interested and interesting.
Of course, there is no magical entity available. So it’s up to the “regular” mother, together with her family and friends, to impart this trait.
There are days I wish there was wand-waving shortcut, when the stead stream of “Why?” threatens to make my eye twitch uncontrollably. But those days are balanced by moments that take my breath away, as I realize just how much little ones listen and absorb. When I am floored by the memory and insight. When they ask a question so profound that I find myself learning alongside them.
I hope you’ll join me as I document the ways that I try to introduce my two boys to the wonders of history, science, art and more that are all around them.
Kids come with a never-ending string of questions, from the mundane to the profound. I believe our job as parents is to nurture that innate desire to learn about the world around them. And they’re capable of absorbing and appreciating much more than many adults initially assume!
