Please Listen To the Children
I am always shocked
When a second grader cannot tell me
One single thing they like to do for fun.
I am always surprised
When a third grader has no idea
whether they have a hobby or not
Yesterday I asked a fourth grader if
he had time to run an errand for me.
He said “I don’t know. What is an errand?”
Our society needs to listen to our children.
And if society cannot, can the grandma’s?
So many do not even know their grandmas or their dad either.
I am always shocked
Because these are things so easily fixed
All we need are the listeners.
Please listen to the children.
Please sign up to be a mentor at a grade school.
Please listen to them read, and help them learn math.
You will be forever changed, and so will the child to whom you listen.
Copyright © Caren Krutsinger | Year Posted 2019
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