Kids in general are very fascinating, from the moment they are born they rely completely on you and as they grow, then become less and less dependent on you.  One of the other things they become is wiser with their age.  As a parent, you think that while your children are still young, they are the ones doing the learning, and you are doing the one teaching.  After all, it is your job as a parent to guide and teach your children, so they grow up to be respectable members of society.  However, they are not always the pupil and you the teacher, there are times that they can teach us a thing or two.

For all that parents do for their children, there are times that they are wise beyond their years and wind up teaching up a thing or two.  As we were driving home this evening from a family gathering and the kids were all strapped into their seats watching Shrek, my one daughter said something very simple, but very thoughtful.  See, my other daughter was making funny faces at our youngest one, trying to keep her awake, but she was being loud and you could barely hear the movie.  Not such a big deal, after all we wanted them to keep the little one awake until we got home, but my daughter had asked for us to turn the sound up, so that my wife could here the song that was being played in the movie.  She said, Mommy, you really like this song.

It was at that moment that I realized two things.  One how absolutely selfless and extremely thoughtful that was of my daughter to ask for the sound to be turned up so my wife could hear the song that she liked so much.  My daughter taught me a little lesson of selflessness.  I sometimes get so wrapped up in things that I can forget about others, but not her, and she reminded me of that trait that is very important.  The second thing I realized is that we have not done such a bad job after all raising our children.  It is moments like these are little gifts to remind us how important our job is as parents, and that there is always room to learn something more.