Little Kids

Sometimes I help tutor some kids that live down the street from me, but lately I haven't had a chance to see them because I am busy with school and badminton, so instead of tutoring them, I have been helping my little sisters out more. My little sister Nahomi is 9 years old and she is learning her multiplicatioin tables and when I was trying to explain to her how to do the 6 tables I found myself getting extremely frustrated with her because she just couldn't get the hang of it. Then the kids that I tutor are around the same age as Nahomi and in the midst of my frustration I realized "man I really need to calm down, and if she weren't my sister I probably wouldn't react this way." Then another thought popped into my head, "hmmm so this is what moms feel like" throughout my days going to school I have met some really crazy moms that expect so much from the kids and I always thought, why can't they just be happy with what their kids can do what more do they want from them. And during my time with my sister I realized they want perfection. The closer you are to someone the more you expect from them. Although this seems like a good thing it can actually be harmful for kids like the article we read in class about how parents who want genius babies actually cause harm to their children's learning development by sitting them in front of those "interactive" videos.