Me: "Yes?"
Amelia: "I'm very upset."
Me: "You are? Why?"
Amelia: "I am sad because I am boring."
Me: "You mean you are bored?"
Amelia: "No, I am boring."
Me: "I don't think you are boring! Why do you say you're boring?"
Amelia: "I'm boring because I'm not a rainbow."
Me: "You want to be a rainbow?"
Amelia: "Yes. And I can't. I want to be a rainbow and I can't...
I am very sad."
So, now I am speechless. My beautiful (non-boring) child is 3 years old. I am not ready for self-confidence issues!
"Self-esteem is your child's passport to lifetime mental health and social happiness"
-- AskDrSears.com
It is never too early to teach our children they are smart, beautiful, and the light of our lives. My kid? Is not a rainbow. She is a unique, beautiful, smart, funny girl.
If I do one thing for my sweet child, I will make sure she knows it.
