Igniting Your Child’s Passion
My daughter found this photo for me, and asked if I wanted it for my blog. Of course, I said. My daughter. She’s 10. She’s creative. Resourceful. Thoughtful. And Electronically savvy too. She searches for “her thing” . . . . her passion. So many kids seem to have “it” at this age, in our era of starting and choosing “a sport,” “a thing,” “a passion” — at historically unprecedented young ages. Her brother (13) has found “his thing,” she says. I look back. Yeah, I remember the first time he swung a golf club, after a wee bit of introduction, at age 7. “Wow,” I watched, in almost disbelief. He was a natural. A natural golfer. He swung that club so smoothly, so effortlessly, in what appeared to be an almost perfect golf swing. But he doesn’t love golf. Sure, he plays. Once or twice a year, joining others in an enjoyable and quite respectable 18 holes. But it’s not his love, his passion. That, he reserves, for soccer. He’s a natural athlete, mind …
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