Realistic expectations may or may not be easy for you. For my ten year old it seems to be very challenging when he wants to make plans. I don't want to be a nay sayer and crush his dreams but when asked to make a list of goals ending all wars was very close to the top of the list. Yes that is a great and lofty goal but you are setting your self up for failure if you think that you are personally going to do that in the near future.
There are lots of places to go to learn about goal setting as an adult but I have a feeling much of it will come from experience. My 10 year old just has very little experience in setting and meeting goals. On top of being very young he is a very live in the moment kind of guy. He would rather eat the icecream now than wait half an hour and take the chance that something will happen and he wont get to have it after all.
Maybe I have contributed to that. Weather or not I have, giving him opportunities to set goals and learn, by experience what a realistic goal is for him, personally, will, inshallah, help him to thrive.
There are lots of places to go to learn about goal setting as an adult but I have a feeling much of it will come from experience. My 10 year old just has very little experience in setting and meeting goals. On top of being very young he is a very live in the moment kind of guy. He would rather eat the icecream now than wait half an hour and take the chance that something will happen and he wont get to have it after all.
Maybe I have contributed to that. Weather or not I have, giving him opportunities to set goals and learn, by experience what a realistic goal is for him, personally, will, inshallah, help him to thrive.
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| His first time making mac and cheese without any help. |
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