We have to stop

 We have to stop holding our kids up to one standard of what a “good child” looks like.

Some kids are gentle and observant. They take everything in. They speak softly and they thrive in quiet corners.

Some kids are wild at heart. Full of movement, emotion, and big energy that cannot be boxed in. They do not sit still because they were born to shake things up.

And then there are the ones who are somewhere in the middle. A little loud. A little reserved. Full of curiosity and contradictions.

Every one of them is needed.

This world does not just need rule followers or peacekeepers. It needs dreamers. It needs question askers. It needs fire starters and deep feelers.

We have to stop labeling kids as too much or not enough.

We have to stop calling only the quiet ones good and the bold ones trouble.

Every child brings something irreplaceable to this world.

Let us raise them to believe that exactly who they are is more than enough.