As I was walking my dog today, I passed a man and his two kids. Having left my headset at home, I couldn't help overhearing the conversation:
"Look, dear, a woofwoof*" the man said to the kid walking closest to him. He spoke to her in a pretty high-pitched and childish way, although the girl must have been around five years or so.
I think this is true not only for babies but for everyone. As I commented on the post, people meet expectations, so raise the expectations and watch them rise to the challenge. Let's continually challenge ourselves, our kids, our friends, our colleagues, and anyone else who happens to be around :)
Totally agree with this — that is one of the things I like about Montessori education. And I am right there with you about applying it to adults as well; the aerobics teacher on my exercise video said, “Good Job!” to me today through the screen, and it made me wanna kick her in the teeth. Now that woulda burned some calories!
Yeah, my daughter is too young for school but I’ve definitely been looking into Montessori schools because of their explorative nature.