We get the "she's always smiling" or "she is always so happy" all the time. At the auction the other night it was "your chronically happy daughter." Makes it sound like an affliction :).
I don't believe we had much to do with it. Her personality, like all of ours, is relatively hard-wired. I don't think any amount of parenting will change that much. I guess it's a little like gardening. A dahlia will be a dahlia, a cactus a cactus, no matter what you do. As a gardener your goal is to let that dahlia thrive so it can be the best dahlia possible.
It might be a bit of a simplistic analogy, but basically she's a happy child. She'd be happy no matter what, it's her personality. We just try to let that happiness thrive.
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That is wonderful, to have a happy temperament. I think you are right. You are sort of hardwired that way. I have a friend who has had AIDS for many, many years. Nothing gets him down. He's just that way.
Comment #11552 on March 28, 2007 11:37 AM |
I completely agree that most kids just are the way they are - I'm a trainee teacher, and I've spent time in various classrooms, and kids just are who they are - some are absolutely delightful, others...less so ;)
Comment #11558 on March 28, 2007 3:14 PM |