I instruct my son on completing his assignment efficiently
Expecting him to obey me, assuming that he
Needs direction to complete it to the satisfaction
Of adults, including his teacher, without any distractions
This is an assignment that is trying to test
His imagination, but instead of encouraging his interest
I am trying to curtail it by adding my inflexible beliefs
To hasten him towards completion, so I can get selfish relief…
As this powerful realization sinks in
My parental strategy needs some rethinking…
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Throughout our lives, we try to teach
Our children how to live, we often preach
To them thinking that we can show
Them the right path, we assume we know
How to live life, after all we have experience
From which we can distill life’s essence
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While we teach children what we think is right
We need to learn from them too, join in their delight
As they explore the world around them joyously
We must learn from young children how to be free
From expectations, and curious to explore
We can teach children some things; they can teach us more
As we step into parenthood, we enter another phase
Of learning, from other parents and our children in various ways
Passion...unbridled 