So one of the words we are hearing these days from the industry is Diversity of Thought! In a family, with two children who are polar opposites, this is really true! Both my girls are absolutely different! My youngest woke me up this morning saying that she was worried as she had left her little monkey asleep on the trampoline. I thought it was a teddy but I remembered we didn’t have a monkey… and she took me out into the garden and picked an imaginary monkey off of the trampoline and handed it to me.
My eldest came out and tried to jump into my arms! My youngest cried and said ‘Nooo, poor monkey!’ and then I had to mouth to my eldest (imagination!) and she realised and paused. It took her a long time to get to the position of understanding and then she took the monkey inside for her little sister.
I think Covid19 has forced them both to accept each other’s ways! This has been a pleasure to see them get closer, close enough to love each other and close enough to argue over toys despite the age gap! It has meant that the bravery my eldest has influenced the youngest and she is now ready to try new things, whereas my little one has helped the eldest understand imaginary play and story creation. This has meant that sometimes they have produced a mess behind my back (Spreading flour in the kitchen pretending to make pizza) and sometimes they have challenged each others way of thinking. This is so needed in a business, having people from different educational, family, ethnic backgrounds is so crucial to development and success! If you encourage bold thought and intrapreneurship, success will come from those who are creative and those who aren’t supporting each other!
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