Sunday, July 14, 2019

“Children must be taught how to think, not what to think.”
  — Margaret Mead, cultural anthropologist





"Have You Filled a Bucket Today? A Guide to Daily Happiness for Kids"
By Carol McCloud

I enjoy this book because it is not just for children, it is a book that adults can take away something from as well. It promotes a positive mindset that we all can benefit from in our daily lives.


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tamekia.beckett@waldenu.edu said...

I have never heard of that book. I am going to look it up to read. If it is able to reach adults and children it must be an interesting book.

Cute Picture!!!!

July 14, 2019 at 3:43 PM
Violanda Thigpen said...

Thank you, I think you will enjoy it Tamekia.

July 14, 2019 at 6:06 PM

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Personal Childhood Web

I have such a long list of people who have made a great impact on my life as a child. My mother is 1 of 10 children and my father is 1 of 12. However, the five people I must name are my mom, my father, my granny, my little brother Kelvin and my English teacher Mrs. Wells. For my mothers' family I am the oldest grandchild. That is a interesting role to have. Everyone looks to you for your first everything. Everyone wants to show you so much and it has all been useful at some point in my life. My aunts and uncles on both sides taught me a great deal. If I were to sum it up I would say that it equated to love and happiness. I was given so much love and support and as I got older I got better with being able to demonstrate the same love and support. My happiness was genuinely their happiness. From cooking to fishing to picking cotton I got to experience the things I encountered in my life by my choice.
My granny was and is my nurse, my ear, my box of all things good.
My brother was my first responsibility and confidant. I value the bond that was created between he and I.
I can say that every teacher that I had growing up had a positive impact on my life as well. My English teacher Mrs. Wells more so as she had been around to teach a few of my aunts and uncles. From the moment she discovered who my family was it became an automatic expectation of hers that I set an example with the others around me in how to speak and carry oneself. This is still something I feel I carry with me today.