
Hi...
I brought my son, Danil to the pool in front of my house today. With a few more days left til the end of the school hols, I thot of making the best of what is left for my children....they were splashing water at each other in the pool. My daughter, now 8, has graduated from merely being able to float to swimming breathwise across the pool ...though slow and rather uncoordinated, I cannot help but feel so proud of her. Just then another caucasian little boy came into the pool. Danil started screaming when he saw the boy. I was confused...Aqi told me that the boy snatched his water ball the other day and refused to give back...since then, he has been terrified of the boy. My poor baby, I thot...but at the same time, I feel like I have failed to teach him about defending himself...I thought the act of self defence that comes naturally...why then was my boy not reacting, I thought? Could I have been so overly protective of him all this time that I failed to let him fend for himself...rudely awakened by this feeling of inadequacy, I decided from then on, to let him have more tumble and fall...perhaps that is what he needs to grow up......?
Iza