Children Who Are Loose with Time

This is Otomo
from the Mom's Group for Children with Developmental Differences

We held our July circle meeting.
The theme for this circle was
What do you do when your child wants to do something
but you as a parent want them to stop?
However,

the topic of "time" came up a lot.

Did you do your homework? Did you get ready for tomorrow?
Even when we ask that, the kids just brush it off with "I'll do it later~"

I intended to watch over them and stayed quiet, but
in the end, it becomes night,
and they are crying while doing homework saying "I don't get it..."
or it becomes morning and there's a huge commotion saying "I forgot!"

In that moment, a switch flips inside Mom,
and the demon descends: "See, I told you so!"

Will it change if they learn to read a clock?
Or is a sense of time
something built through reminders and habits?

The days are long lately, and maybe the kids
are thinking,
"It's still bright out, so it's fine~"

"They don't move even when I call them."
"They are always down to the wire."
"They can't think ahead."
How does a sense of time develop?

While empathizing with those stories saying "I know, I know,"

actually...
half of the moms who participated in this circle
arrived a little past the start time lol

"Who are you to talk lol"
I thought to myself,
but I saw their figures overlapping with the children.

For us adults too, facing time
is surprisingly difficult.

That it takes time
for children to grasp a sense of time
might just be a natural thing.

Summer vacation is coming soon.
Facing "time"
is a good opportunity for both children and adults,
so let's have a fun time so that Mom doesn't turn into a demon.
\Good luck to us all!!/

Next time is
10/7 (Tue) 10:00-11:30
The location is the Sukuppy Hiroba training room.
If you would like to participate, please send a message
saying "I would like to participate" to the circle's LINE.