Gifts for Life

What gifts would you give to your child if you could give anything?

• Tolerance and respect for others - wars would be rare in this world if we tolerated people that are different from us regardless of religion, social status, color, sexuality.
• Humility - To be humble about what life reserves to you whether it is good or bad
• Self-confidence - To grow trusting yourself and not letting anyone put you down. This is road to success in life in general.
• Optimism - If life gives you lemons, make a lemonade! I am a true believer that everything happens for a reason and that there's always a bright side to each downfall.
• Sense of Community - Treat the planet Earth well. Don't trash your home, your city, your planet, recycle, don't waste natural resources, obbey laws and work as a group.

You grow up and completely take for granted that a big part of what you are you owe to the teachings of your parents. Few lessons that shaped my life:

• Be nice to elder people
• Study hard if you want to succeed and don't depend on any one
• Be tolerant: friends can be of any color/religion/status. My favorite toy was my black baby called Haroldinho! My best friend from 1st grade was an Indian girl.
• Do the right thing - don't steal, don't lie, don't cheat.
• Be polite - that certainly took me places...

Why Mommy!?

Vez em quando ela comeca a sessao de indagacoes que lhe deixa maluca. Agora esse e o meu espaco para perguntar!

1. Por que toda as vezes que Bianca esta a brincar com outra crianca desconhecida, por exemplo na piscina do condominio, um pai tem que perguntar qual a idade dela???

2. Por que os fabricantes de roupas fazem calcas e shorts com casao de botoes mesmo sabendo que criancas de 2-3 anos quando precisam ir fazer xixi tem que ir imediatamente e que nem sempre elas sabem desabotoar rapidamente?

3. Por que as consultas de medicos para criancas a partir de 2 anos so sao anuais?

4. Por que estorinhas para criancas tem que incluir monstros horriveis, filhas que sofrem horrivelmente nas maos de madrastras etc?

5. Por que maes com criancas pequenas nao tem necessariamente tratamento preferencial em filas para entrar em aviao (ate tem, mas as pessoas lhe olham com um cara horrivel!) e principalmente banheiro?