Imagination

Hey Dads,
Helping a child to grow and learn can sometimes be a real challenge. I think that sometimes I have to forget who I am for a while and simply remember what it was like to be a child myself to fully understand the amazing joy that come out of a child’s imagination.
Ian has been watching a little bit of the Olympics every night before bed; his favorite sport so far has been the speed skating. Since the first time he saw Apollo Ohno skate he has been pretending to speed skate around the house, of course he wants someone to ‘skate’ with him. I can honestly tell you that in a very short amount of time the other night he had tired out parents, his aunt, and his grandma, and still had energy to keep going with all of us watching.
As someone who grew up using his imagination to create amazing fantasy worlds to play in, I understand the importance of letting him use his imagination. What I am struggling with is how exactly to let him do that, and still teach him the important things that he is going to need in life. There I go again trying to grow him up faster then he needs to. He’s only two and half! I have to remember to just let him be a child, because with in his playing is exactly what he needs to learn about the world around him.

A Fellow Father