Comments on: The 5 Things We Forget to Teach Our Kids…. http://www.projectgifted.com/blog/the-5-things-we-forget-to-teach-our-kids/ Revolutionizing Education - Transforming Mankind Wed, 02 Jun 2010 14:49:35 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Tim Fulford http://www.projectgifted.com/blog/the-5-things-we-forget-to-teach-our-kids/#comment-2401 Tim Fulford Sat, 16 Jan 2010 14:44:03 +0000 http://projectgifted.com.mindvalley.info/?p=4311#comment-2401 We forget to teach our children how to be creative. Sure we let them draw and paint and construct (well some people do) but we actually fail our children by not really getting into and exploring their creativity which is very different than our own. Making money is not just by getting a job and we don't all have to make tonnes of money, we need to teach our children to be happy, to give back more than they take from life, then the world will be a happier and more productive place to live. We forget to teach our children how to be creative. Sure we let them draw and paint and construct (well some people do) but we actually fail our children by not really getting into and exploring their creativity which is very different than our own.
Making money is not just by getting a job and we don't all have to make tonnes of money, we need to teach our children to be happy, to give back more than they take from life, then the world will be a happier and more productive place to live.

]]> By: MelissaGreczy http://www.projectgifted.com/blog/the-5-things-we-forget-to-teach-our-kids/#comment-2404 MelissaGreczy Sat, 16 Jan 2010 14:08:30 +0000 http://projectgifted.com.mindvalley.info/?p=4311#comment-2404 Tim, I totally agree with you - I think we allow our kids to create within OUR parameters. For example, they can color between black lines we put on a piece of paper for them, or they can build with a set of blocks we gave them... but what would happen if we asked them to make a picture of something, without using crayons and paper, then gave them access to anything they needed to let their imaginations run wild? Or if they had to build a fort using only objects they found in the garage? I think it would be amazing the things they came up with if we let them out of OUR box :) And teaching them to be happy - I'd paste that across my blog in every article if I could! Thanks for your post! Melissa Tim, I totally agree with you - I think we allow our kids to create within OUR parameters. For example, they can color between black lines we put on a piece of paper for them, or they can build with a set of blocks we gave them... but what would happen if we asked them to make a picture of something, without using crayons and paper, then gave them access to anything they needed to let their imaginations run wild? Or if they had to build a fort using only objects they found in the garage? I think it would be amazing the things they came up with if we let them out of OUR box :) And teaching them to be happy - I'd paste that across my blog in every article if I could!

Thanks for your post!

Melissa

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