Tuesday, May 03, 2005
Kids' Learnings
Its important what a kid sees and learns, while being a kid.
Having said the above, one might argue that everyone knows this, so what's new. Well, here's one reason I found out why its so important.
When we're grown up's, we can classify on the thoughts which should be kept private and the thoughts which should be put public. The control over things, which when done are right, and the things which might be perceived as wrong. The above classification comes to us, by our knowledge and understanding, but at the same time, the majority of it is based on the learnings that we had during our childhood. If at that time, we were told, not to pluck the flowers, as they're a living being themselves, and we have no right to kill something/ something we can't bring to life. Thus, as we grow up, this thought grows on stronger, and we do analyse it and understand it as we grow.
The thoughts which are given to us, while we're growing, stay with us, more than anything, and shape us to what we would become, tomorrow.
But, when we're kids, we do not really saggregate on what's to be kept only to us, and what others should hear. Kids are pure souls, and are unaware of the material world outside, and its hardships / shall I say, unexplained behavior, most of the times. So kids express themselves, without racism, hatred or any other -ve / outward +ve feeling towards the others. They treat everyone as same. And I believe, when we're grown, and we don't have our guards on, we behave exactly how we were, when we were kids. And that's where the importance of our learnings when we were unaware of difference between the right and the wrong, comes into picture.
Just a thought.
Having said the above, one might argue that everyone knows this, so what's new. Well, here's one reason I found out why its so important.
When we're grown up's, we can classify on the thoughts which should be kept private and the thoughts which should be put public. The control over things, which when done are right, and the things which might be perceived as wrong. The above classification comes to us, by our knowledge and understanding, but at the same time, the majority of it is based on the learnings that we had during our childhood. If at that time, we were told, not to pluck the flowers, as they're a living being themselves, and we have no right to kill something/ something we can't bring to life. Thus, as we grow up, this thought grows on stronger, and we do analyse it and understand it as we grow.
The thoughts which are given to us, while we're growing, stay with us, more than anything, and shape us to what we would become, tomorrow.
But, when we're kids, we do not really saggregate on what's to be kept only to us, and what others should hear. Kids are pure souls, and are unaware of the material world outside, and its hardships / shall I say, unexplained behavior, most of the times. So kids express themselves, without racism, hatred or any other -ve / outward +ve feeling towards the others. They treat everyone as same. And I believe, when we're grown, and we don't have our guards on, we behave exactly how we were, when we were kids. And that's where the importance of our learnings when we were unaware of difference between the right and the wrong, comes into picture.
Just a thought.
