When Your Kid Starts To Excel Beyond Your Abilities
Originally uploaded by fernandogros. When C was getting golf lessons in India, her pro turned me to after one spectacular drive (for a 4 year old) and said, “She’ll be beating you soon.” If soon streches out to five to ten years and she retains an interest in golf then that is a distinct possibility. […]
When C was getting golf lessons in India, her pro turned me to after one spectacular drive (for a 4 year old) and said, “She’ll be beating you soon.” If soon streches out to five to ten years and she retains an interest in golf then that is a distinct possibility.
Which got me thinking, for the first time, about the relationship between parents and kids and when the kids start to exceed their parent’s abilities. I can still remember what it felt like to get past my father in football for the first time, or cook something that at least was comparable to my mother’s cuisine. Now, I’m on the other side of the game.
Earlier this week, we were walking along an autumnal path, cool breeze in the air, leaves scattered along the ground, when my daughter said,
“The leaves are dancing; they are like butterflies.”
Not even five and a half and she is already a better poet than her father!
[tags] Parenthood [/tags]
