Pete went to a party Friday night at Chuck E. Cheese. It was for Rea, a girl in his class.
Fortunately, there was another boy at the party too (one of Pete's friends, Mitchell). Pete shared his extra tokens that he brought with Mitchell. He informed me later that in fact he gave most of his tokens to Mitchell. Of course, this brought back memories of the vending machine from camp last summer.
It is a tricky concept what to teach children about sharing. For me personally, I often get more joy out of giving something away than from using it myself. Of course you want to teach sharing, and giving. But on the other hand you don't want them to give away most of what they have to others. Or do you?
This raises the broader question - do you always teach what you believe is right, but more difficult? Or do you teach what is the norm in society, if perhaps that will cause less heartache? What about other beliefs that go against the prevailing sentiment of society? Do you teach those things? As another example, do people endorse the vesre of the Bible where Jesus says "If someone strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also. And if someone wants to sue you and take your tunic, let him have your cloak as well."? How many of these people do you think honestly teach that principle to their children?
Next Friday Pete has another birthday party at, you guessed it, Chuck E. Cheese's.
1 comment:
It's a hard thing, trying to teach our kids. Unfortunately, they don't come with a handbook. I think if you teach them what you feel in your heart is the right thing (and that usually changes from situation to situation) you are doing the best for them.
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