My boy post is on hold by a brainwave!
I thought it would be a good thing to talk about friendships with younger kids. I suppose that may sound a little odd to some, maybe. Maybe some think it would be hard if not impossible to be real friends with little kids - and I am meaning little not just a year or so younger. I am thinking babysitting age, you know, those little three-year-olds you take care of after school and nights every now and then.
Do any of you think you can be REAL friends with these little kids? After all, what can say a fifteen-year-old have in common with a three-year-old?
When I was a little girl my best friend was my babysitter. She had to have been about ten or so years older then I was but I loved her to pieces and would readily have declared her my friend, and she called me hers and I knew she met it.
Even though she was so much older then I was, my babysitter would play with me and my brothers. She would get down on the floor and play legos and Lincoln logs, building huge barns and houses all across the living room.
It is not hard to be friendly to little kids. The best way to do this is to play with them, you know, all those childish games were you crawl around on the floor and let them climb all over you and do all these embarrassing things - eating mud pies and jumping in puddles like a little kid.
This may be hard at first but it is important to remember that as older girls we are looked up to by younger ones and they can tell when you are doing something because you have to or when you are doing it because you like them and want to be their friend. Also keep in mind that there is no age difference between friends, one can easily be friendly to someone ten years younger or older then they are if they really try. And these little kids will remember your friendship all through their lives and will be reminded of it when they are faced with situations of whether they should be friendly to those younger or older then them.
Never forget that your are an example and there is no harm in acting like a little kid every now and then and eating a mud pie or two with your little companions. 8-D
I thought it would be a good thing to talk about friendships with younger kids. I suppose that may sound a little odd to some, maybe. Maybe some think it would be hard if not impossible to be real friends with little kids - and I am meaning little not just a year or so younger. I am thinking babysitting age, you know, those little three-year-olds you take care of after school and nights every now and then.
Do any of you think you can be REAL friends with these little kids? After all, what can say a fifteen-year-old have in common with a three-year-old?
When I was a little girl my best friend was my babysitter. She had to have been about ten or so years older then I was but I loved her to pieces and would readily have declared her my friend, and she called me hers and I knew she met it.
Even though she was so much older then I was, my babysitter would play with me and my brothers. She would get down on the floor and play legos and Lincoln logs, building huge barns and houses all across the living room.
It is not hard to be friendly to little kids. The best way to do this is to play with them, you know, all those childish games were you crawl around on the floor and let them climb all over you and do all these embarrassing things - eating mud pies and jumping in puddles like a little kid.
This may be hard at first but it is important to remember that as older girls we are looked up to by younger ones and they can tell when you are doing something because you have to or when you are doing it because you like them and want to be their friend. Also keep in mind that there is no age difference between friends, one can easily be friendly to someone ten years younger or older then they are if they really try. And these little kids will remember your friendship all through their lives and will be reminded of it when they are faced with situations of whether they should be friendly to those younger or older then them.
Never forget that your are an example and there is no harm in acting like a little kid every now and then and eating a mud pie or two with your little companions. 8-D
1 comments:
Oh, yes.... I understand that.... I used to LOVE when our older cousin came visiting with my oldest sister.... :-/ I always wanted her to come see all my new toys and such... I loved her!!!
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