Tag: Aunt Lang

Riding a Tricycle

I thank Aunt Lang for getting me a Radio Flyer tricyle for my first birthday last year.  Although all I could really do then was just push the buttons to honk or signal I was turning, it is quickly becoming one of my favorite toys.

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Mommy & Daddy took me out on our raceway (i.e. driveway) and had me practice.  I really didn’t understand the concept of “riding” a bike and it’s really more like Mommy & Daddy “pushing” my bike.  Daddy insisted that I keep my feet on the pedals which I really didn’t understand.  “Why keep my feet there and have it get all tangled in the pedals when I am moving (pushed by Mommy or Daddy) anyway?”  Ah…yes!  So much to learn…

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Finally, I just decided that it may just be more fun to push the bike too…

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Brene Brown’s Talk on the Power of Vulnerability

Aunt Lang sent Mommy a link recently.  While Mommy isn’t really the touchy-feely type of person, this talk made Mommy think twice about it, especially about how she teaches me.

At one point, Brene Brown talks about raising children and she says:

“And we perfect, most dangerously, our children. Let me tell you what we think about children. They’re hardwired for struggle when they get here. And when you hold those perfect little babies in your hand, our job is not so say, “Look at her, she’s perfect. My job is just to keep her perfect — make sure she makes the tennis team by fifth grade and Yale by seventh grade.” That’s not our job. Our job is to look and say, “You know what? You’re imperfect, and you’re wired for struggle, but you are worthy of love and belonging.” That’s our job. Show me a generation of kids raised like that, and we’ll end the problems I think that we see today.”

Mommy thinks that when we look at our kids, it is necessary to have high expectations for them, but to make sure that they are loved even if they are struggling and not successful.  This is often difficult in Asian families because love is often not expressed verbally or physically and is somehow wrongfully tied into a child’s educational or career success. 

Mommy is an amateur at this whole child-rearing thing, but every little bit of sound advice from experts help.  Thanks for the link, Aunt Lang!