He is nine. He doesn't tie his shoes yet. He goes to school. His intelligence surprises adults. He can curse in a language other than his own but doesn't because of his wisdom and the Spirit in his life. But he can't tie his shoes. He is nine. The woes of TCKs.
I recently was teaching about carnivores, herbivores and omnivores. Carnivores were easy but herbivores..... when asked what cows eat, Abe stated, "Garbage." How do you recover from that?
Some things for TCKs pose unique difficulties like why learn to tie your shoes when all you wear is sandals? What do cows actually eat? Why are all the books about ancient times full of vehicles we see everyday? How do I greet a white person?
Perhaps the funniest of these cultural hurdles we seldom think of for little TCKs happened today. I was singing Raffi to Zana. A song about the willabee wallabee elephant who sat on Wana and then Wabe. Zana was mortified. She checked in with Abe that he was not hurt and then asked why the elephant sat on her. Zana has a very real sense of the massive size of an elephant. She has seen them beside cars, trucks and buildings towering like lumbering dinosaurs. Why would one sit on her?!?!?
Raffi does not even squeak under the cultural door of normative with his wackiness for our kids. I am glad for their diverse cultural experiences but sometimes surprised by ways which living here makes their experience different. Wonderful. Perhaps not what we would call normal.
I recently was teaching about carnivores, herbivores and omnivores. Carnivores were easy but herbivores..... when asked what cows eat, Abe stated, "Garbage." How do you recover from that?
Some things for TCKs pose unique difficulties like why learn to tie your shoes when all you wear is sandals? What do cows actually eat? Why are all the books about ancient times full of vehicles we see everyday? How do I greet a white person?
Perhaps the funniest of these cultural hurdles we seldom think of for little TCKs happened today. I was singing Raffi to Zana. A song about the willabee wallabee elephant who sat on Wana and then Wabe. Zana was mortified. She checked in with Abe that he was not hurt and then asked why the elephant sat on her. Zana has a very real sense of the massive size of an elephant. She has seen them beside cars, trucks and buildings towering like lumbering dinosaurs. Why would one sit on her?!?!?
Raffi does not even squeak under the cultural door of normative with his wackiness for our kids. I am glad for their diverse cultural experiences but sometimes surprised by ways which living here makes their experience different. Wonderful. Perhaps not what we would call normal.
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