Apr 23, 2012

Top 5 Wishes For My Children

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What "inner gifts" would you bestow on your child, if you had fairy godmother powers like the fairies in Sleeping Beauty?



Here's what I would bestow on my daughters (and my nephew), if I could do it with a wave of my wand:




1. Optimism. Very helpful for a happy and productive life. It's not critical, but it helps.

2. Patience / Judgement. Sadly this is one that most of us only acquire with experience (the wrong sort of experience). But if I could bestow it, I would. Not at the expense of some crucial thrills and spills in their younger years, mind. Those are part of a good life too.

3. Empathy / Kindness. I know, we teach our children these, and we model them, and we don't really need a magic wand to bestow them. But they are that important.

4. Middling Beauty. Not raving supermodel good looks, which (I imagine) bring their own kind of pressure and problems, but simple "attractiveness" which is not disruptive and goes far.

5. Friendship. Not just a circle of friends, but the delicate and crucial art of making friends and maintaining friendships.


What would YOU bestow?



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12 comments:

  1. All excellent choices. I wanted beauty - moderately without, deeply within and a profound sense of it round about - but didn't have room!

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    1. Thank you! I think you made good choices - if one were to be ditched, definitely beauty the least important of the bunch!

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  2. I would have to say emotional intelligence.

    I would want my son Max to be able to cope with whatever the world throws at him. My instinct would be to solve his problems and make it better for him, but I must learn to stand aside and hope that he will have the emotional intelligence to deal with it, learn from it, and be stronger for it.

    And what you said!

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    1. Very very true - if you have that you pretty much have all the rest!

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  3. ...we seem to be thinking along similar lines! My wishes aren't far off yours. Friendship is a great one - and you're right, it's not just about making friends, it's about keeping them.

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    1. I just took a look at yours - yes, we're definitely using the same magic wand! Well, fingers crossed our kids all end up with some of these :-)

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  4. great list, good looks and friendship would have been on mine too had I had more wishes! x

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    1. Thanks MummaG, it is a little hard to reduce what we want for our kids to 5 things ;)

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  5. Ooooh I wish I'd gone for optimism too. It's so much better than being a cynic. If only we could all keep our childhood optimism.
    Great list x

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    1. Thanks Donna. Yes it's a bit sad really - the loss of childhood optimism. Or maybe it's just innate. I have one kid with it and one without, I think. :/

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  6. Middling beauty - fabulous!

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