You are a precious being, and there are many others like you in this world
Hello, I'm Mizuka.
I'm a dad who spends every day with my wife and our two daughters, who will soon be 5 (in middle-year preschool) and 1 year old.
I've started a life where I unravel the little snags of daily life with children while writing on note.
And, starting from my last note, I've begun a challenge in our household.
“I want them to live their lives while valuing their own sense of happiness,” but as a parent, where should I start and what should I do to make that happen?
I've begun what will likely be a long, but surely enjoyable, journey to find our own answers to this question.
Let's examine the suggestions I received from ChatGPT in detail | About the 'Roots'
🔑 The key points are:
・Roots are a sense of security and self-affirmation, the foundation for everything
・Trunk is the thick axis of life
, such as self-regulation, correction, and taking on challenges・Branches
are "skills for interacting specifically with people and society"・Leaves
are "actual actions and habits in daily life"
is how it is organized.🌱
Roots (Fundamental power: sense of security in living)・ A sense of being able to think "I am a precious being" (self-affirmation・self-acceptance
)・ A foundation where one can feel "I am protected" and "I can be helped" by people around them and society (sense of security and trust
)・ A sense of a secure base where one feels it's okay to fail
This is a part of the content that ChatGPT suggested to me in my previous article.
To the question, "There are various abilities and points necessary for a child to lead a happy life, but are there any abilities or points that serve as the foundation for them?"
this is what it presented as a proposal for that overall picture and the abilities or points that serve as the foundation for the whole.
It proposed a conceptual framework of "a sense of security in living, and 'roots' as the foundation for everything," and
it listed the keywords "self-affirmation," "self-acceptance," "sense of security," "trust," and "secure base" as elements that make up these 'roots.'
Regarding these, it feels like a reminder, but it also feels like, 'Yes, that's exactly right!'
At the most fundamental level,
a sense of trust and security in yourself and the world,
“You are a precious being, and this world accepts your days”
“There are many companions for you in this world”
whether or not you possess a sense of things like—this will significantly changethe meaning you assign to every single moment right in front of you.Right?
Conversely, to put it in extreme terms,
“You are an unnecessary being, and there is no place for you in this world”
“This world is full of enemies”
in a state where you have come to feel like this, you will likely never be able to let your guard down, and naturally, you cannot possibly lead a “happy life.”
You perceive everything happening before your eyes as negative and aggressive, and even if you could find a “meaning for living” in this state, it is easy to imagine that it would be aggressive, overbearing, and vengeful toward yourself and the world.
Therefore, regarding this part proposed by ChatGPT,
・The rootis a sense of security and self-affirmation, thefoundation of everything
🌱 Root (fundamental power: sense of security in living)
・The feeling of being able to think “I am a precious being” (self-affirmation・self-acceptance)
・A foundation where you can feel “I am protected” and “I can be helped” by people around you and society (sense of security/trusting relationships)
・A sense of asecure basewhere you feel it is okay to fail
I think I will conclude that for today, I will adopt the expressions as they are in this original draft.
First, let's dig deeper starting from the angle of “self-affirmation.”
As elements that make up the “root”,there are still several keywords like“self-affirmation,” “self-acceptance,” “sense of security,” “trusting relationships,” and “secure base,”but I would like to learn more about each of these words and increase my understanding of the language.
So,next time, using the keyword “self-affirmation” as an entry point,I would like todig deeper into the “root”while borrowing the perspectives of others and utilizing books and the like.
~Mizuka Family This Week~
For the Mizuka family this week, our eldest daughter developed a fever of over 39°C at the start of the week, forcing her to take almost the entire week off from kindergarten. Our daily rhythm was suddenly disrupted, and we ended up using more energy than usual...
Fortunately, other than the fever, she was generally energetic. Although we had to change her meals to things like rice porridge, she was able to eat the same amount as usual, and she didn't have a sore throat or a runny nose.
She safely returned to her normal temperature as of yesterday morning.
I suppose the fatigue from this intense heat finally caught up with her.
My eldest daughter is a hard worker, and she had been enjoying attending daycare during the summer break, but I'm sure the fatigue had been building up little by little.
Since my wife has been working hard on childcare and housework almost full-time on weekdays, I gave her yesterday off as a refresh day.
It seems she had a fun time, and today, I have been given some free time.
↓ I took a look back at my experience posting on note for about a month.
If you are facing note in your own way but are feeling a bit tired, please give this a read.
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