You may be the one leading your toddler but even your toddler can teach you quite some lessons about life. A toddler teaching you anything may sound off but they can. Yes, you are the one teaching them everything from the scratch and whatever they know is all because of you. However, there are things that these little kids are born with. Take a backseat and watch your toddler. You will get to know that there are so many things that you can actually learn from them.
Here are few important lessons that a toddler can teach you about life:
- Enjoy physical activities
When it comes to working out, don’t you just have to force yourself so much to feel involved and actually enjoy it? Next time when your toddler comes in while you are working out, just see how much fun he feels while copying all your work out poses. He will be full of energy and laugh his way through out the work out. Even after you are exhausted and done, he is willing to do more. Toddlers have this innate sense of making physical exercises and activities fun while we find it such a burdensome task. We do it because we have to do it rather than because we want to do it. It is better do physical activities you enjoy doing so that you stick to them. Reminisce about the time when you were a kid. What were the physical activities you enjoyed doing? If it was dancing you loved, get into a zumba class. If was cycling, take some time out for cycling.
- Take help when you need it
All toddlers get to a stage where they want to do everything themselves even if you offer help. They want to eat food by themselves even if they make a mess out of it. They want to build a building out of blocks themselves. They refuse to accept help. However, they will come asking you for help when they are stuck somewhere. They have no ego issues when it comes to asking for help. On the other hand, when it comes to us adults, we are not very open to asking for help even if you are unable to manage things yourself. Women don’t ask for help because they think it would mean they are not good or perfect enough to do it all on their own. Wanting to be a superwoman can make you feel very exhausted. You don’t have to feel guilty when you are asking for help.
- Learn to say ‘no’
Isn’t saying ‘no’ such a difficult job for us adults? It simply doesn’t come out naturally and we remain stuck in our threads of courtesy. Ever seen how toddlers say no? if he doesn’t want to eat an apple, he will simply say no without any hesitation. He doesn’t pile up all the frustration by saying yes while he actually wanted to say no. Don’t be as straight forward as your toddler when it comes to saying no. you will definitely sound rude. Do make a way out to say no to stuff you don’t like doing or maybe you just don’t have the time for it. It will help you keep yourself stress free and have some time out for other things you actually like.
- Find happiness even in small things
Toddlers find pleasure from little things in life. They don’t need an expensive gadget or furniture to be happy. They find joy in the sound of water. They love moving in circles or simply watching animal do their things. They love it when the sun shines. Little things in life make them truly happy. When we become adults, we stop noticing small things that can bring joy. It could be taking a walk in a beautiful weather or just listening to laughter of your little toddler. Think back about little moments that can fill you up with joy and you actually didn’t care to notice them. Next time, make sure you pay some attention to small things in life that can bring happiness to you.
- Don’t beat about the bush
Have you seen when something wrong happens to your toddler, how much he cries? After crying, he forgets all about it and gets on with his life like nothing happened. He moves on. He doesn’t keep crying over spilt milk. This is something we really need to learn from toddlers. They never keep bagging themselves down by telling themselves how bad it was and keep remembering the same mistake all over again in their heads. Similarly, we need to be kind to ourselves too and give ourselves a chance rather than living on our failures. Simply learn from your mistake and get on with your life.
- Let it all out
As adults, we don’t like to lash out or cry about something that we don’t find right. We bottle up our feelings and let it grow negative things inside us. Toddlers never do that. They are absolutely good at taking all their emotions out. You don’t have to do it how toddlers do it. They bang their heads, lie down on the floor, cry the hell out of themselves and scream at the top of their lungs. In short, they will not keep anything inside. They will let it out. We can do the same but in a different manner. Begin with accepting how you feel. You can write it in your diary, talk to your best friend, or talk things out with the person who is making you feel that way.
