What I've Learned From Kids About Being A Grown Up | The Odyssey Online
Start writing a post
Entertainment

What I've Learned From Kids About Being A Grown Up

310
What I've Learned From Kids About Being A Grown Up

1. Clean up your messes - your room after a hectic week, your lipstick after a long night, the broken heart on the kitchen floor…just clean it up.
2. Say you're sorry- I promise you will never regret apologizing. If you do, I will stand corrected.
3. Get your hands dirty and sticky and muddy and calloused- these will be signs that you either played hard, worked hard, or got yourself into a situation that you must have come out smarter from.
4. Share- Share your food, share your thoughts, share your love and hopes and dreams and fears. You'll be glad you shared, and you never know the effect you'll have on those you're generous with.
5. “Make new friends but keep the old. One is silver and the other is gold." (Thank you Girl Scouts.)
6. Be proud of yourself, even for the little things. You remembered someone's name that you've just met? Be proud, I'm sure there have been times when someone's forgotten yours. You didn't hit the snooze button once? Be proud, some days I bet your snooze button wishes it could hit its own snooze button. Big victories are composed of little feats.
7. Take care of your wounds. Put bandaids on a scraped knee, take a warm bath after a brutal day, let yourself cry and let yourself heal.
8. Laugh all the time. Laugh at dumb jokes and at school and when something funny happens and when nothing happens at all. If you don't have laughter, what do you have?
9. Take time for yourself.Whether it is for sleeping, pretending to sleep, giggling, or just breathing, nap time is a time for yourself. Take advantage of it.
10. There are very few things that scotch tape, a hug, or a chocolate chip cookie can't fix.
11. Stick up for your friends.
12. Include yourself as a friend.
13. There are things that are invisible. This does not mean that they aren't real.
14. Every hero needs a sidekick, every Spongebob needs a Patrick, every Squidward needs his clarinet. No matter where you find it, companionship is essential. More importantly, companionship is fun.
15. People will hurt you without meaning to. Treat them kinder than they treated you. They will remember your graciousness. Even if they don't, you will, and you will feel better for it.
16. Don't skip, don't push, don't snitch. Play fair.
17. Explore and adventure at any opportunity. There comes a day when we stop seeing the living room carpet as hot lava and the kitchen floor as an art easel. This day is a tragedy.
18. Your feet are happiest when they are bare.
19. Big girls (and boys) don't cry, but sometimes we crave feeling little again. It's okay to cry.
20. Your siblings are gifts that you (thankfully) can never return.
21. Sometimes you'll be the cop and sometimes you'll be the robber. That's how life goes.
22. Sometimes boys will pick on you because they like you. This isn't an excuse.
23. Mama knows best.
24. Keeping score gets tiring fast.
25. Love, and never ever stop.

Report this Content
This article has not been reviewed by Odyssey HQ and solely reflects the ideas and opinions of the creator.
Entertainment

27 Things 'The Office' Has Taught Us

"The Office" is a mockumentary based on everyday office life featuring love triangles, silly pranks and everything in between. It can get pretty crazy for just an average day at the office.

828
the office
http://www.ssninsider.com/

When you were little, your parents probably told you television makes your brain rot so you wouldn't watch it for twelve straight hours. However, I feel we can learn some pretty valuable stuff from television shows. "The Office," while a comedy, has some pretty teachable moments thrown in there. You may not know how to react in a situation where a co-worker does something crazy (like put your office supplies in jello) but thanks to "The Office," now you'll have an idea how to behave ifsomething like that should happen.

Here are just a few of the things that religious Office watchers can expect to learn.

Keep Reading...Show less
Grey's Anatomy
TV Guide

Being pre-med is quite a journey. It’s not easy juggling school work, extracurricular activities, volunteering, shadowing, research, and MCAT prep all at the same time. Ever heard of “pain is temporary, but GPA is forever?” Pre-meds don’t just embody that motto; we live and breathe it. Here are 10 symptoms you’re down with the pre-med student syndrome.

Keep Reading...Show less
Entertainment

High School And College Sucked All Of The Fun Out Of Reading

Books were always about understanding for me, about learning the way someone else sees, about connection.

408
High School And College Sucked All Of The Fun Out Of Reading

I keep making this joke whenever the idea of books is brought up: "God, I wish I knew how to read." It runs parallel to another stupid phrase, as I watch my friends struggle through their calculus classes late at night in our floor lounge: "I hope this is the year that I learn to count." They're both truly idiotic expressions, but, when I consider the former, I sometimes wonder if there's some truth to it.

Keep Reading...Show less
school of business
CIS Markets

Coming from someone majoring in business at a school that thrives off of business majors, I know how rough it can be sometimes. Being a business major can be awesome, and awful, simultaneously. We work our tails off to be the best, but sometimes the stress can just tear you apart. Here are some struggles faced by business majors that will sound all too familiar.

Keep Reading...Show less
Student Life

10 Things To Know About The First Semester Of College

10 things that most incoming college freshmen have no idea about.

1688
campus
Pexels

Starting college is pretty scary and fun at the same time. You are free of your parents(in most cases) but this is the first time you have no idea what the heck is going on. Here are 10 things you may want to know going into your first semester.

Keep Reading...Show less

Subscribe to Our Newsletter

Facebook Comments