Hey, psst, I'm talking to you. Did you know that your child is listening, that your child is watching and what's even worse they are soaking up everything around them. You may think that your children are too young to understand what's on the t.v. screen. You may think that because they can't speak they can't understand profanity. I've got to tell you that you are mistaken. Children are like sponges. What's more they have not yet developed any filters, so they can't get rid of the bad stuff they've been exposed to. Think about that for a few days. Let it really sink in.
Everything you expose your child to, he will absorb like a sponge and it will become a part of him.
This is not a new concept. Back in the 1800's, Walt Whitman wrote a beautiful poem:
He goes on to speak about lilacs, morning glories and young lambs, but he also speaks of the town drunkard and the parents and the teacher. Everything the child sees becomes a part of him. Let's assume for a minute that this is true, which I wholeheartedly believe it is, would that change how you do things or the things you do with your child?
Everything you expose your child to, he will absorb like a sponge and it will become a part of him.
This is not a new concept. Back in the 1800's, Walt Whitman wrote a beautiful poem:
| THERE was a child went forth every day; | |
| And the first object he look’d upon, that object he became; | |
| And that object became part of him for the day, or a certain part of the day, or for many years, or stretching cycles of years. |
He goes on to speak about lilacs, morning glories and young lambs, but he also speaks of the town drunkard and the parents and the teacher. Everything the child sees becomes a part of him. Let's assume for a minute that this is true, which I wholeheartedly believe it is, would that change how you do things or the things you do with your child?
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