Walking feet and listening ears Walking feet and listening ears Are typically achieved through creating fears. Children’s feet don’t walk evenly in a row. They dance, jump and spin, don’t you know? Their ears are listening, for that is surely true. But they are listening to their heart, not obeying you. You furrow your brow and wag a scolding finger. Perhaps this will teach the child not to linger? But then they would miss the leaves rustling in the wind. Or the excitement of making of a new sparrow friend. Children’s feet were not meant to walk in a line. Their ears were not meant to “listen” all the time, To the ongoing pressures of the adult world. Instead, they would rather watch a squirrel. And don’t you wish for those days back? The times when wonder simply stops you in your tracks. It happens so much less often, once you grow old. We forget all the beautiful stories we were told, By the grasshopper, the puddle, the rainbow and the tree. But our children are still there, so let’s try to just let them be. J. Milburn @responsive_parenting #responsiveparenting #jmilburn #letthembelittle #letthembekids #naturallearning #childledlearning #emergentcurriculum #forestschool #forestfriends https://www.instagram.com/p/CPx7KeeHMpk/?utm_medium=tumblr
