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Are all children artists? Well, that is an interesting question. All children, minimally, are creative. Some excel in the art of drawing, dance, theater, singing and so forth. While others are creative in science or math. Still others may be natural born mechanics. Whatever your child’s interest, it should be nurtured like a the delicate sapling that it is.

Parents who criticize their children endlessly need to take a good hard look at the future mess they are creating. Allowing a young person to follow his or her dream may be difficult, especially if it goes directly against some purpose of their own. My advice? Be a Man (or a Woman) and let your child pursue his or her own dream, unfiltered through your parental sieve.

Posted July 14, 2010 Comments(0)

Creative children should be able to express themselves without evaluation. Let their imagination run free! Encourage them to tell stories of all kinds, and give them tools to expand their creativity. (Crayons, paper, pin and ink depending on their age.)

Or maybe your child is scientifically creative. I don’t have much experience in this area, but I’m sure there are places to go to discover how best to encourage him or her. The point is to foster the development of the creative mind, and allow it to blossom.

Children are our future, and we have some responsibility in what that future will be like. Whether or not you feel you may actually live again, your progeny surely will. Do it for them, if not for yourself.

Posted July 5, 2010 Comments(0)