Today my kids walked out the door to go to school and it was raining. The plan clearly had been for it to be a clear day.
“Don’t do anything for the kids that they can do for themselves” is our family 90-day theme. It turns out mum needed the chat more than the kids. The kids would do more if only mum let them or so they say.
Back to my kids strutting out the door, this time in wet weather gear.
Youngest forgot to cover her hair, and had no spare trainers but secretly knew her teacher would fuss her. My eldest returned in full wet weather and with PE later in the day a full spare change.
Tonight we spoke about flexing to the environment or expecting the environment to flex to you. How you can make a fuss if you are wet, use it as an excuse or a chance to get attention. And what it says about you when you are willing to change your plan, adapt, and get on.
Watch out for the ones who are quietly getting on with it, because getting attention is never the hard part.