Things An 8 Year Old Can Teach You

A few weeks ago, I had to have a difficult conversation and I was struggling with what to say. So in a moment of pure genius (I realized later), I asked my 8 year old nephew how he would deal with the issue. He had surprisingly very good advice. I asked him to role play the scenario with me, where he was me and I was the person I needed to confront. He was honest, straightforward, and compassionate. I used his advice.

When I was visiting last weekend, I decided to interview him to see what other pearls of wisdom he would give. He was brilliant.

I hope you enjoy this post on “Things an 8 year old can teach you”.

Loyalty

• Me: Carson, what is your favorite color?
• Carson: Red and Blue.
• Me: Why?
• Carson: Red because of OU and Blue because of Newcastle

Common sense

• Me: What are your favorite sports?
• Carson: Football, baseball, and basketball.
• Me: Why are the balls all shaped the way they are?
• Carson: Well, it would be hard to hit a football with a bat and you can’t dribble a baseball or football.

Discretion

• Me: Have you ever kissed a girl?
• Carson: Uh… no.
• Me: Have you ever wanted to kiss a girl?
• Carson: Why are you asking that?!? Uh… no, not… no… not yet.

Priorities

• Me: What super power would you choose?
• Carson: BIG Brains

Frugality

• Me: If I gave you $1000, what would you do with it?
• Carson: Save it until I get to $1 million.

Optimism

• Carson: Aunt B, I’ve never been tagged out in baseball.
• Me: How many of the other’s have? None.

Humor

• Carson: Aunt B, what do you call cheese that isn’t yours?
• Me: I don’t know.
• Carson: Nacho cheese.

See? Brilliant...

...QueenB Says