I found my son trying to climb a tree; a shrub with branches
not strong enough to support much weight. My first instinct was to scream, “what
do you think you are doing, just get off that tree!” But then I remembered my
childhood. Of how I would spend entire afternoons sitting on the branches of a
guava tree reading a book. Of climbing a really high tree, and then getting so petrified
I stayed up there till I was carried down.
I couldn’t deny my child those pleasures, could I? I taught him how best to climb the tree.
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A drabble is a story told in exactly 100 words.
5 comments:
So true!
Any child should be entitled to climb up and fall down once in a while. One of my really great moments when I was small was when I was stuck up there and my father climbed up to rescue me. With his bad back I didn´t even know he COULD climb a tree, but when he had to save me ....
I used to do a lot of reading on a big limb in a wild cherry tree. It's pretty hard to deny our children the pleasures we enjoyed as kids, no matter how risky they are.
What a joy it was to read that you let your son do what kids do, even if he falls (as that's part of life, too). I know too many parents who shelter their kids to such extremes I doubt that anyone is very happy.
Good lessons!! Climbing the tree is a whole new world!! Best he learn the correct way!!
Hugs
SueAnn
Natasha - What a lovely Drabble! It captures so well the balance between giving a child roots and wings at the same time. And you gave your son a terrific experience as well as another way to bond with you. What's not to like?
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