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A little 6 year-old boy doesn't talk.
His Mother takes him to the doctor, who says, "He's fine. Just give him time."
A couple months later, his Mother takes him to a Child Psychologist, who says, "He's fine. Just give him time."
A couple months later, his Mother is cooking his breakfast and she accidentally burns his toast.
Scraping the burnt toast over the sink, She thinks to herself, "He'll never know the difference", and she serves the toast.
As she turns back to the sink, the little boy says,"This damn toast is burnt!"
Shocked, the Mother turns and says,"What did you say?"
"This damn toast is burnt!"
She says,"Omigod! You're talking! What happened? Why did you take so long to talk?"
"Up till now, everything was OK."
Reminds me too much of "children are like fig trees, they grow during times of (heat) stress". Unfortunately that leads to a lot of parents being unnecessarily strict with their children.
When in reality, kids (really people of all ages) grow when challenged. It doesn't have to be through trauma.
Well I can tell from my own experience that's not the case; the times i was unnecessarily "challenged" are the worst times in my life that have inflicted the gravest of emotional damages that i still have to deal with. i prefer peace over challenges, but unfortunately my parents didn't seem to care about what i want.