![]() ![]() When they ask me what they should be when they grow up, I reverse the question and send it back to them to think. I know it weighs on some children a rather lot more than on others. I love the books by Dr Seuss addressing important questions such as:Ī question our children often get asked is: What do you want to be when you grow up? If you want them to be very intelligent, read them more fairy tales. If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. When asked what to read to children to make them intelligent, he said: ![]() Of late, I have been thinking often of the post of mine a few years ago:Ĭhildren’s books remind me of the quote by Einstein. The ability to imagine a whole different world when we have a perfectly good one around us requires an imagination greater than our conditioned minds can take. The son seems to like tales of friendship between frogs and toads, race cars and tow trucks, octopus and squid etc. It is almost like unicorns and fairies are only there for minds great enough like a child’s mind. They tap into beautiful aspects of our mind that is dormant in our adult lives. I have always liked reading children’s books. ![]()
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