There’s no place like home sweet home!! Well known, well felt ! Inside this bubble wrap, life is bliss for most of us.
The little smarties have always a way with things, not willing to accompany their folks to places where their friends are missing in action or simply not wanting to take a step out of their comfort zone if there is a slightest suspicion about the place in their minds or even the people! While their feeling rather comfortable in their set up is lovely and something all of us love and can relate to, the forced push out of their cocoons may be a good push towards new learnings.
We adults have witnessed this in many forms in their lives. The more one is away from his cozy zone, the more adjustments are learnt. The more one is exposed to newer foods, the wider the palate becomes. Pushing ourselves out of our zones to newer domains have only enriched our experiences! We probably need to give our minds a big whack when thoughts like ” oh, they may get bored!”, ” they may not like the food”, ” what’s in there for them” etc. creep in.
Kids have an immense tendency for adaptability and we must let them experience some not- so- comfortable situations. I have also noticed that some pre conceived, pre felt notions associated with road/ plane travels, specific food mindsets, the can have/ can’t have lists, the can do/ can’t do things fade away way faster when the exposure levels are higher. In other words, when the little ones are made to do things outside of their comfort zones, they sometimes actually surprise us!
So, it’s absolutely ok on our part if we sometimes , out of necessity or out of choice,drag them to places where they are likely to experience boredom. It just might make them a bit more adaptable to people, places and things around and the ever so important social quotient may also go up! You may be scorned upon and given the “not good mommy today ” tag so be it!
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