your daily rock : listen to children

September 26, 2013 in Daily Rock, General

Children know.

Let’s listen to them.

Not halfheartedly, not over the top of our laptops, not in that patronizing way adults sometimes treat children, and not only for a moment until they pause and we can break away.

When a child speaks to us, ours or another’s, let us put everything down, turn toward them, and look them in the eye (if that is their preferred communication style).

Drop everything. And never interrupt a child. Listen fully.

Love,

(These beautifully painted rocks are created by Kim Mailhot, aka The Rock Fairy.

About Patti Digh

Patti Digh is an author, speaker, and educator who builds learning communities and gets to the heart of difficult topics. Her work over the last three decades has focused on diversity, inclusion, social justice, and living and working mindfully. She has developed diversity strategies and educational programming for major nonprofit and corporate organizations and has been a featured speaker at many national and international conferences.