Let your child play

I watched Edirin Edewor live class this morning and one of the haha moments for me was when she said “to allow your creativity flow, you must play!”(paraphrased.) She is one of the smartest young woman I know, she has a group on Facebook named Online Publishers and Entrepreneurs Network where she dishes out life saving strategies to over 33000 followers every day!......it’s amazing! Back to the gist, she said for your creativity to flow, you must play,...she was talking to adults....that we shouldn’t downplay the concept of play at all, it i helps the creativity part of the brain to function optimally. Whatever represents play for you, watching a movie, singing off key, dancing in your bedroom, pranking a friend,.....whatever it is, make sure you play! This now remind me of parents who wouldn’t allow their children to play....how they are doing killing their children’s creativity...... You aren’t allowing your child to bring out his/her ingenuity.....natural abilities....you are caging their capabilities when you don’t allow them to play. According to Jack Ma, the founder of Alibaba said that by 2030, 800 million jobs will be taking over by machines.....what will make your child stand out in that age is his/her creativity level which you are doing your best to kill right now....sad, isn’t it? Provide an enabling environment materials to play with. Space, used cartons, cardboards, gum, leggos, crayons, markers....whatever safe material they find around the house is just good.. Less of teaching and instructions or imposing personal likes and dislikes, but more of allowing the child to explore his/her natural inclination.....we are all born different. Allow the child decide whatever the outcome of his creativity would be, encourage the process. Your child’s creative abilities will be activated and events be on autopilot. Creativity now becomes his/her default state. These kind of children will never will ever be relevant, let machines take over all the work, they would create more machines😀😀 Be Intentional.

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