today’s lesson

Parenting is a long journey. As we watch the kids learn and grow, we also must constantly keep up our pace to grow with them. Today, hubby and I learn a lesson. So Cheng came home to tell us that the school will have a pre-cny celebration and everyone is asked to put on nice clothes. Since I couldn’t find the memo in his message book, I chose to believe him. This morning, he got up feeling excited. I put on a reversible sequine shirt and a pair of short for him. But Cheng always has a mind of his own and insisted to have a pair of long pants and button-up shirt instead. He looked very smart. Then, he asked the father to style his hair. He was really excited and happy about the party. But we only realised that the party is tomorrow after we reached school and Cheng was really embarrassed. The friends were laughing at him. We felt bad for him to go thru this, so hubby went home to take his uniform and change him again. Cheng still couldn’t get over the shame and looked really unhappy. I feel sorry for him. I never once ask my kids to be academically excellent but I’m all for promoting children’s positive social and emotional wellbeing. It’s ok for them to go thru this, it should serve him and everyone of us a positive lesson that we make mistake in life. I hope he will forget this incident and be happy again for the party tomorrow.