This is going to sound a little funny:
I want you to have a weird childhood!
There, now it's out there, and now I have to explain myself. I had a "weird" childhood growing up, but I think it has made me the person I am today, and not trying to sound snooty or braggy or anything, I think I turned out pretty dang well-rounded.
By "weird" childhood I mean the fact that I did things, heard things and played differently than other kids I knew. I grew up traveling to my great grandpas´ farm in Arequipa. Your papapa and you abu sometimes took turns to drive all the way there and I must say that all the experiences we (Ka and I) had there are just priceless! We got to feed the animals, milk the cows, ride donkeys and play at the river.
I want you to have a weird childhood!
There, now it's out there, and now I have to explain myself. I had a "weird" childhood growing up, but I think it has made me the person I am today, and not trying to sound snooty or braggy or anything, I think I turned out pretty dang well-rounded.
By "weird" childhood I mean the fact that I did things, heard things and played differently than other kids I knew. I grew up traveling to my great grandpas´ farm in Arequipa. Your papapa and you abu sometimes took turns to drive all the way there and I must say that all the experiences we (Ka and I) had there are just priceless! We got to feed the animals, milk the cows, ride donkeys and play at the river.
And since we grew up doing this, we had tons of outside space in which to play. Outside we learned from papapa about all the animals and plants around us!
Technology was not something that was part of our growing up. While we lived in Paraguay we only had two or three TV channels
on our television (four or five if we watched the Argentinian or Brazilian ones). But we had one another and a big yard to play...
Great memories. Now we are surrounded by tech stuff, you are more exposed than I ever
was as a kid. I remember I was about 14 when your I used the computer for the first time! I want you to be at least 7 before you become
computer-proficient, and I don´t want you to have any game consoles until your are 13 or so... but this is something that daddy and I will talk about and
compromise on...
I want you to play pretending that you are a travel agent, a supermarket owner or even an accountant (one day I will demonstrate how to do it... for now I know I just sound nuts), and learn how to entertain and occupy yourself with just the world around you. I want you to be able to ride your bike around and have fun by doing it... In other words, I hope that one day you can look back on all of the weird and random stuff that you did as a kid and notice how much it has shaped you into the woman you have become.
Oh God! One day you will be a woman... I better get to work on those memories now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I want you to play pretending that you are a travel agent, a supermarket owner or even an accountant (one day I will demonstrate how to do it... for now I know I just sound nuts), and learn how to entertain and occupy yourself with just the world around you. I want you to be able to ride your bike around and have fun by doing it... In other words, I hope that one day you can look back on all of the weird and random stuff that you did as a kid and notice how much it has shaped you into the woman you have become.
Oh God! One day you will be a woman... I better get to work on those memories now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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