I was a bit skeptical about lots of toys for my babies. They don’t have toys except a few. And cars those Abiy bought at Shell station for RM8. It actually reflects to my childhood, I didn’t have much toys, what I remember was a plastic gun and a little teddy bear. I didn’t have dolls, and have been dreaming for Barbie since I was small until now 😀 And my little brothers had everything (yang murah2 je sesuai dengan kemampuan my parents). Until they reached to the stage that “tak tahu nak beli mainan apa dah sebab semua dah ada”. Â
But fortunately I did better than them in school and everything. Not to compare or to downgrade my own brothers, just to justify why we don’t have toys. Afterall, our people memang suka justify apa2 kan? Especially kalau benda ambiguous dibualkan tapi dia terasa orang cakap pasal dia, terus berkilo2 justification diberi. Kah Kah Kah.
My father said he bought me alphabet fridge magnet when I was small & I keep on playing with it until I could read before go to kindergarten (tapi pelik kenapa saya tidak genius? LOL). So I want to to the same for Hafiy. I bought him Crayola Art Studio with magnetic white board and alphabets. Reason being because I am very malas to do flashcard-ing. Â But as Abiy told me, it’s not about the flashcards nor the expensive early educational programs, it’s how you (it’s me) commit and consistently educate our kids with love, it doesn’t matter how. But I was very skeptical at first.Â
But I still let Hafiy plays with his favorite art studio.
Frankly, because of my laziness, I don’t expect anything from him. Until one day he came to me and said “Mi… em!” while showing me ‘M’. He went and came again “Mi… efff” and showed me ‘F’. When I open Opera Mini browser in my N95 he shouts “O!”.
This reminds me to one of my good friends who said “Kesian anak kita, kita tak mampu nak beli mainan2 & benda2 mahal untuk dia, mesti dia lambat pandai”. No, no dear. As long as you spend time with your love ones and you fill it up with love, it won’t take any cent to make your kids ‘pandai’! And it doesn’t take 24 hours a day, 10-30 minutes is enough. Even 5 minutes a day is enough. And of course it doesn’t take a day or even a week. It took like forever until you feel “Biar je la dia ikut development sendiri”.
But there’s always be a surprise!
Perhaps, by showing them what makes we proud, it might give them motivation to do it over and over again. Now Hafiy likes to do something to catch my attention, “Mi… (showing what he had done)” and a big kiss for any good deeds.
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