What if we added the Analects' 'A heart of compassion is cultivated at home' to kindergarten?

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【Self-improvement to add here】

✅【A heart of compassion is cultivated at home】

【This is probably what will happen】

'Not again...'
I was stunned
in front of the kindergarten classroom door.

I thought it was another world.
Where did reality go?

My world's cutest beloved daughter is running around the world's most chaotic classroom.
Just like when a trip to space has been decided.

The teacher says with a serious face.
'I am sorry, Aina-chan. She cannot sit in a chair at all. Could you practice at home?'

'Yes...'
I replied reluctantly.
Watching Aina run around, I was the one who was tired.

'Aina. Let's sit in the chair and play with clay.'
I spoke to cute Aina.
Ugly me.

'No.'
Aina looked away.
She covered herself with a blanket, picked up the iPad, and tapped YouTube Kids.

Aina is laughing happily.
I cannot laugh.
My husband has no interest in child-rearing at all.
He only watches idols with short skirts and is completely unreliable.

I consulted a mom friend in the neighborhood.
She is five years younger than me, but she works as a nursery teacher, and we somehow just clicked.

"Well... for now, I think you should just believe in Aina-chan. That's the most important thing. Besides, every child grows at their own pace."

I nodded.
The coffee had gone cold and tasted bad.
But I felt relieved because my husband, who has no interest in child-rearing, would have been no help at all.

For now, I will believe in Aina.
I stopped giving her chocolate as a reward or saying things like, "If you can do this, you can watch YouTube Kids."

I believe in Aina's potential.
That is enough.
Aina is full of curiosity.
I decided to focus on nurturing that strength.

Since she couldn't sit in a chair and kept moving around, I started gymnastics that would put that energy to good use.

The curiosity she originally had grew, and when I took Aina to Toys "R" Us, she started moving around the store more than before.
She would touch toys from right to left. Then she would go to the next section and touch toys from right to left again.
And then, she would fall asleep in her car seat.
Days like that continued for a while.

Aina gradually started sitting in her chair on her own.
She would make a "Dadandan" out of clay and show it off to me.
Aina's strengths grew through gymnastics, and her weaknesses naturally improved as well.

I improved, too.
My heart of compassion.
When you raise a child, the parent is raised as well.
It's a common saying.

My husband started smiling and playing more when he saw Aina having fun with clay. It was a much better look than the smile he has when watching idols.
My husband's heart of compassion has grown, too, and that makes me happy.

The day of the fateful parent-teacher conference.
The teacher and I sat facing each other.
"Aina-chan, you've become able to sit still, haven't you?"
The teacher praised her.

Because Aina worked hard to grow her strengths.
Because my husband played with clay with a heart of compassion.
Because my compassion for Aina moved our family.

🅿️A heart of compassion is nurtured at home.

If you nurture a heart of compassion at home, you will naturally act with compassion outside as well.

The home nurtures the heart.
There is no need to nurture dark feelings.
Because what you can do at home, you can naturally do outside as well.

If we added the Analects' "A heart of compassion is nurtured at home" to kindergarten, this is likely what would happen.

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