Hide and Go Seek

How do children learn
where to seek and hide?
 The answer is - as parents know
 - in how WE lead our lives.

Our daily actions _not what's spoken_
as seen though youthful eyes
becomes a living breathing testament
 that guides their playful minds. 

Encouraged by a creative and a meaningful intention
to undestand the _need_  to  _hide and seek_,
instills the ability in our kids to learn to critically think.

Life Lessons taught through games at play
in backyards and on playgrounds
 are the furtile soil of young minds
  that nourish higher values.

If consideration, empathy and kindness are standards we all  honor
- respecting rules of games at play
   should come before the score. 

Winning is NOT the only thing
 - but in life we all keep score.
   Reframe the measure of success
    by recognizing the character of their soul. 

So when you play a game with kids
 hide on the ground, get dirty.
 Recognize and praise creative thinking that's way outside the box
  you'll see a child forming values that are worthy.

And while your at play
 ask her when she most feels like hiding...
 the answer may have you both soon crying. 

But its  through salty tears 
and shared pain that life lessons learned are lasting.

Best of all
 kids' never forget
 the friends who hide together,

finding answers they didn't seek but somehow NOW seem to matter.