Wondering what adults can learn from kids? Then you've come to the right place! We learn a lot from our parents - but the reverse is also true. As we get older, one or two great qualities tend to get lost and need to be refreshed. Be it courage, tolerance, honesty or joie de vivre. Fortunately, children have a cornucopia of these qualities, so that we adults can also learn a lot from them.
Here I would like to show you now what exactly we can learn from children! Let's go!
In advance a short Overview for you:
- Show joie de vivre
- Be curious
- Expand digital knowledge
- All living things love
- Swimming against the current
- Be honest with yourself
- Seek contact with others
- Show enthusiasm & passion
- Looking forward to the new day
- Learning from others and accepting help
1. show zest for life
Children enjoy every moment. You laugh from their deepest heart and are enthusiastic about new discoveries. Moreover, children live and consume naturally and healthily on their own - it is only through the influence of us adults that this can slowly change as they grow older. Genuine joie de vivre is definitely something we can learn from children.
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2. be curious
Children are also happy about the small but no less great things in life that we adults already take for granted. They approach new challenges with an absolute Lightheartedness and do not think about whether a project might be unrealistic. Children test their own limits and take risks when they want to try out new things and learn. When was the last time you tested your limits? Can't think of anything in a hurry? Then curiosity is definitely something that you as an adult can learn from children.
3. expand digital knowledge
A toddler may not yet know what an Internet browser is, how to send mails or exactly how this Bitcoin works. But the digital knowledge of children who grow up in the midst of the age of digitalization increases as they grow up. Children are "digital natives", who approach new, technical developments with a playful ease. Even if you "don't have to go along with every bit of stuff," we adults can expand our digital knowledge through the experiences of children.
4. show love towards all living beings
Put a baby in a room with a little pig and an apple - it will be the Pet the pig and eat the apple. Most adults eat both these days. If children knew what was in the Factory farming or happens in slaughterhouses, they would refuse to consume animal products. Indeed, children show compassion and mercy for all sentient beings. They don't care if it's a dog, cat, duck, cow, pig or dolphin.
"Babies and animals are the mirrors of nature."
Epicurus of Samos (see Animal welfare quotes)
These values are definitely among the things that we adults should adopt from children. That more and more people vegan life is a good sign that this undertaking is already being put into practice.
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5. swimming against the current
Children whistle at conventions and do not do everything the way it has "always been done. Simply because they are so young that they don't know "always. For example, they are constantly inventing new words for objects that we actually call something completely different. Unlike us adults, children are completely carefree. Well, of course - since the little ones do not have to worry about the tax return, the new job or other obligations. Nevertheless, this childish lightness and lightheartedness is something that we adults should definitely take a leaf out of our book to brood less.
6. be honest with yourself
Children are honest with themselves - if they have done something stupid, they learn from it. In addition, they question certain behaviors and also have No shame in asking questionsthat we adults would rather dismiss as a "stupid question". In this way, children learn simply through their honesty and openness.
However, children are not only honest with themselves, but also with others. Because Children's mouths speak truth. This can be quite embarrassing for some parents, but is basically a great attitude of children, from which we adults can take a lot.
7. SEEK CONTACT WITH OTHERS
Small children are unbiased - they don't care if someone has a tattoo or not, if someone is male or female, if someone wears torn clothes or if someone has light or dark skin. Children appreciate the inner values of a person and approach strangers openly and without prejudice. A characteristic that one or the other adult may lose over time due to media influence and possibly also due to personal experience. But in the end, we usually miss out on great opportunities in life due to prejudice. Therefore, openness and sociability is an important lesson that we adults can learn from children.
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8. show enthusiasm & passion
Children are extremely enthusiastic and can, at record speed develop new passions. Quite simply because they are unprejudiced and are also happy about small things. It can be a small potato beetle at the edge of the field, but also a simple soap bubble that makes children shine. Especially outdoors in nature children develop this enthusiasm, which turns into a High creativity results.
Many people have lost their awareness of nature over the course of time. What can we as adults now learn from children in this regard? For example, that we more mindful life and should consciously develop passions for new things!
9. look forward to the new day
Kids are great at making every day to start with full curiosity and not to think, or only to a limited extent, about what all was stupid yesterday or what problems might lie ahead of them in the next few days. They start the day with a Smile and are excited about what is to come. Of course, we adults have some duties that may stress us out. But that's exactly why we can learn a lot from the lightness of children. For example, simply try to wake up consciously focus on the beautiful things.
10. learning from others and accepting help
Children really are amazingly good listeners. As curt as their answers may sometimes come across, they remember an extremely large number of things from adults' stories. Listening can make our lives much easier and prevent unpleasant arguments. It also makes it much easier to offer help and accept help from others. Offer or accept help when it is neededThis is another quality that we adults can learn from children. It doesn't help to play the cool one and to want to master all challenges alone - a leap over your own shadow and the courage to adopt new attitudes and behaviors can ultimately have a positive influence on the rest of your life.
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What we can learn from children? Who we really are!
There are certainly some bad things in the world - but through children's eyes you only see that the great things outnumber are. I hope that this article has made you aware of what we adults can learn from children. Use their youthful characteristics and behaviors in your everyday life to make your life, our society and our world a little bit better every day, away from the stress of everyday life.
Do you have any questions or can you think of other things that children can teach or teach us? Then, as always, feel free to write me a comment.
Stay curious,
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