ᴇᴍᴘᴏᴡᴇʀ ᴛʜᴇᴍ! 🆁🅴🅰🅻🅻🆈 ?

Do we need to empower children? 

Or are they 𝔹𝕠𝕣𝕟 𝔼𝕞𝕡𝕠𝕨𝕖𝕣𝕖𝕕?

Maybe we need to get out of their way.

Maybe start walking with them or sometimes behind 'em - just following 'em.

Maybe it's not about being right (or wrong). 

Maybe it's about what they are thinking.

Do we want to listen to their thinking or bring about our thinking?

Is their thinking, choice, opinions, ways, etc important?

Will valuing them help them?

Will valuing them help us in ... understanding them.

Maybe we can start by asking, in every situation, 𝕎𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝔻𝕠 𝕀 𝕎𝕒𝕟𝕥?

Do I want to be with my knowledge or his/her thinking?

Do I want to see the child's thinking / actions as right or wrong or just observe then?

Do I see events as problems or opportunities - for them to think and learn?

Do I want to work with the child or I want to work with my ideas?

Do I want to do it for her or do I want her to do it for herself?

Do I want her to change as per my designs ... or do I want her to be?

Do I want her to evolve as per her designs?

𝕎𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝔻𝕠 𝕀 𝕎𝕒𝕟𝕥?

Every moment, every situation, every turning, every exclamation, I can ask: