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When I recognize fear of looking stupid prevents me from doing something I see it as a challenge to do it. This makes it easier to push through. Most of the tim
by rlonn 5y ago
When I recognize fear of looking stupid prevents me from doing something I see it as a challenge to do it. This makes it easier to push through. Most of the time it was the right decision, but not always.
When picking up my kid at kindergarten once, I got an urge to jump over the fence into the yard, rather than using the gate. Of course, a 49-year old doing that might look stupid to all the kids and staff present (lots), so I did it. Then a 20-year old staff member comes up to me and says “Yeah…so we try to teach the kids here not to climb the fence. It’d be great if you didn’t do what you just did..”
Sometimes looking stupid means being stupid too. But that’s ok.
- circlefavshape 5y agoMeh. Non-fence-climbing isn't some important skill children need to learn I applaud your fence-jumping! I think children learning that it's ok to have fun as an adult is a much more important (and rare) lesson than learning that sometimes you have to abide by arbitrary rules
- robocat 5y agoKindy fences look so dystopian, like caged animals. The sight of a young child holding the bars wistfully looking out at the inaccessible world beyond them is just painful. Not that a moat or geofenced electroshock collars would be better.