Kids are exceptional creatures.
They don’t need common words to make friends.
Children speak the language of fun, adventure, exploration and acceptance.
What happens as we age to change this? Do we grow so dependent on words that we can no longer communicate through shared experience? Maybe we learn to keep with our “pack.” Maybe, just maybe, we become so self-conscious and scared we can’t bring ourselves to try to create friendships outside of our comfort zone.
Either way I marveled at my sweet girls ability to make friends with wild abandon. No fear, just fun. No English? No problem. Maddy lives life with the sole purpose of making friends. Today was no different. Today was just another opportunity to make a few more friends, albeit at a beach with the ocean’s waves rolling in.
It’s inspiring really.
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I think adults are self-conscious. Kids not so much. Love the photos. And love that they don’t even have to speak the same language. It’s a little lesson for us all…
Isn’t that amazing? And so beautiful.
I find myself at odds with this trust sometimes though. With adventurous kids that don’t think about some of the bigger dangers out there. I never know quite what to say about being careful…
Great pics and a PRETTY beach!!
May I recommend the book Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination, and Invigorates the Soul
http://www.amazon.com/Play-Shapes-Brain-Imagination-Invigorates/dp/B003VWC4Q2/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1309619397&sr=1-1
That is so true!
I’m do anything to be on that beach right now!
Fantastic. I’m jealous of my kids when it comes to this point. I miss being able to make friends just because someone else was nearby and breathing!
Aren’t kids awesome! Kids are so much better at making friends than adults. I will say though, my shy child, Phoenix is cautious to talk to new people, even kids but usually warms up after Brennan and Wynter make initial contact. Wynter and Brennan talk to anyone and everyone so they always make new friends. I have noticed though as my kids have gotten older and since there is 3 of them, they sometimes play together at a park or pool rather than trying to make new friends. Interesting to watch different personalities and different family dynamics work.