grafting
Grafting-The uniting of a short length of stem of one plant onto the root stock of a different plant. This is often done to produce a hardier or more disease resistant plant.
As parents, we know that it is important to give our kids good role models to follow. We know that young kids instinctively look up to older kids. It is vital that we place our kids in the vicinity of those kinds of older kids that will present a good role model.
My son just spent five days as a junior counselor at a camp for 3rd-6th graders. It is his first year to do so, though he has cousins and neighbors that look up to him on a daily basis. My son realized just how much the younger kids look up to the bigger kids. He learned how they are watching and imitating all the time. He learned that he had to be on his best at all times and live the things that he said.
In a sense, this is like grafting a plant. Taking a short piece of plant is like taking the younger child and uniting him/her with an older, more rooted child. In giving our kids healthy role models, we will see a hardier plant upon maturity, one more likely to grow resistant those things that will cause hurt and heartache in their lives. It is also important for us to remind our bigger kids (and provide opportunities for them to experience) that those littler ones are watching and that they need to provide some strength for those younger ones to grasp on to.
As parents, we know that it is important to give our kids good role models to follow. We know that young kids instinctively look up to older kids. It is vital that we place our kids in the vicinity of those kinds of older kids that will present a good role model.
My son just spent five days as a junior counselor at a camp for 3rd-6th graders. It is his first year to do so, though he has cousins and neighbors that look up to him on a daily basis. My son realized just how much the younger kids look up to the bigger kids. He learned how they are watching and imitating all the time. He learned that he had to be on his best at all times and live the things that he said.
In a sense, this is like grafting a plant. Taking a short piece of plant is like taking the younger child and uniting him/her with an older, more rooted child. In giving our kids healthy role models, we will see a hardier plant upon maturity, one more likely to grow resistant those things that will cause hurt and heartache in their lives. It is also important for us to remind our bigger kids (and provide opportunities for them to experience) that those littler ones are watching and that they need to provide some strength for those younger ones to grasp on to.
