Parents Teach Sharing!

Parents, the news has been pretty crazy lately. We turn on our television sets to see what’s going on in the world and we get bombarded with the poor choices people are making that many times ends in violence. During these times I try to think back to a poem written by Robert Fulghum called, All l Really Need To Know I Learned In Kindergarten. In this poem, Robert Fulghum says is to share everything.

Unfortunately, today’s schools, kindergarten included, are being bombarded with new expectations, as well as being micromanaged by outside forces and influences that seem to think that tests scores and hard data are more important than learning the soft social skills that schools once taught our children. Some valuable human qualities are being pushed aside for an assortment of new initiatives.

So, parents, it falls on our shoulders now more than ever to teach our kids how to share. We can’t leave that essential human quality of decency and civility to chance. We can’t just hope our kids will learn to share on their own. Chances are they most likely won’t know how to do something they haven’t been taught how to do.

Besides, sharing will make us all happier. Sharing will make us all safer. And sharing teaches us how to think differently through abundance thinking. So let’s share. And let’s teach our kids how to share.

Also, once we truly believe that there is enough for all of us, we will stop hoarding all of the good stuff. We will stop being greedy and jealous. We will stop being petty. We will stop acting out in violent ways. And we will start sharing and playing nicely; or as Fulghum’s second piece of advice from his poem says, “Play Fair.”

Now, as my Granddaddy always said, “Go learn, lead, and lay the way to a better world for all of us.” Remember, we can make this world a better place by teaching our children how to share. And once again parents, thanks in advance for all that you do, and all that you will do…

Daniel Blanchard is a New Britain Schoolteacher who is a bestselling and award-winning author, speaker, and educator. Dan has been featured in over 100 television and radio shows, as well as several of the World’s Top Ten Podcasts. Dan also has a weekly television showLearn more about Dan at: www.GranddaddysSecrets.com