Learning as we go…

<p>A lot of interesting conversation going on here lately….. </p>

<p>I like to catch up on the news now and then, and 9 happened by and sat down next to me. She started watching the images of bombs going off in Lebanon. She started asking questions. </p>

<p>I like the idea of her coming into awareness when she is ready. I also like the idea of her being empowered to signal when she has had enough information. I believe this not only keeps me from force feeding her information she is not mentally ready for, I think this also keeps me from over taking her own natural walk into her life learning path. She really has that under control and knows what she is doing almost instinctively. It also keeps me from invading her psychological and emotional space. She knows what she is ready to hear and what she is not ready to hear. When information is too much, she turns off. When I acknowledge that, I give her charge of her own life. I give her charge of her own mind and her own mental, psychological and emotional space. She learns that she can trust herself. </p>

<p>Back to the conversation on war and Israel and Palestine. I do not know all the facts, but I know enough to know that I have more questions. I know (and if anyone wants to fill us in, please do) that two groups of people are fighting over land and that no one is ever 100% right in my experience. Spirit doesn’t understand why the two cannot just accept their differences and feel free to be who they are and live together. This is good to me. She is thinking and has fertile ground in her mind based on her values and desire to see people live peacefully. She will come back to this issue one day. </p>

<p>Other recent topics of conversation: </p>

<p>Money &amp; Time (6 is now using the calender on the computer to countdown days to his next installment of money so he can buy a new Webkinz, which he has to budget.)</p>

<p>Gas mileage and comparing dad’s new car to old one with gas mileage (saving money and the environment) </p>

<p>The Environment (What is the ozone layer and why don’t we use cars that run on water as was seen on a TV program?)</p>

<p>Genes &amp; Antigens (I am reading Eat Right for Your Blood Type and that was our reading last night for some reason). </p>

<p>I read somewhere (was it John Holt?) that sometimes children (people) need to graze. They need to ask questions without fear of being bombarded with and forced more information that they want, need (to process) or can handle at that time. They need to feel free to ask a question, nibble here and there and allowed to process life as they need to. We have learned (from how we were raised) to fear a very natural process. Sometimes children are learning that anything worth learning must be taught to them (in a specific way and at a specific time) as if they are not capable of being naturally in their own skin, in their own minds, in their own lives.</p>

<p>Again, I think it was Holt who talked about hunches and how children (people) need to feel free to play out hunches without fear of being made wrong or fear of being wrong. A hunch is a vital personal step into life and learning. It is sacred in that way in my eyes. Learning to gage how much information I need and want from you at this time is based on a similar concept in my mind. I am learning to navigate my own life in that sense. I am learning what I want and need and feel, and I am learning to set my personal boundaries that define me and my space with you. This is an extremely valuable life tool in my mind.</p>

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