7 Things Children Wish Adults Knew

From a teacher who spent a year teaching her students to initiate conversations with one another and with buddies overseas through video chats. When she talked with the children about the experience, she found that they wished that adults knew more what was going on with them.

Here is a list of what Children Wish Adults Knew about them:

Some things are genuinely difficult. They may be paying attention during math, but it doesn’t always mean they understand when they get home. Kids are humans, and humans are works in progress. Sometimes — no, most of the time — we need to summon the benefit of the doubt and support one another’s best efforts.

They pick up on facial expressions, gestures, states of mind. They see us, they read us, and they want the best for us. You don’t always have to be happy, but you should know that you’re more of an open book to the kids in your life than you might realize.

Something spills, somebody’s crying, something breaks: A kid must have done it. Why weren’t they being more careful? Where was the oldest child? It’s easy to jump to “blame the kid,” but It’s important for us to take that deep breath, ask what happened, and truly listen to children’s accounts. Sometimes they are telling the truth.

Kids aren’t the only ones with an ardent desire to be believed, whether they’re telling the truth or not. If you’re going to be late, or you’re not going to make it at all, tell the truth. Sometimes the honest conversation is harder and more prolonged, but children deeply appreciate when you acknowledge the truth. They want to know what’s going on in their lives.

As grownups, we just need to acknowledge that sometimes we are hypocrites. Unfortunately, our kids know this. They notice our every swipe and screen binge. When adults overdose on screen time, we reckon privately with ourselves. But when we do so with kids around, we need to think about the message we’re sending. If medium doses are okay and even necessary for us grownups, then maybe we need to make similar allowances for kids.

Kids get drained, too, but they’re not often in control of their own schedules. Grownups need down time to recharge, “me time” to be filled with anything or nothing. Kids do, too.

Social media can make anyone feel insecure. The voices telling you that you NEED better clothes, to be more beautiful, eat heathier, buy big…etc. Kids are getting sucked in already. Offer children a safe place to bond with peers.

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