I take Cody to karate lessons four days a week. Each day, I insist that I walk him to the door. I like to make sure his teacher is there. Harmless, right?! Cody thinks NOT. He asked me to let him walk in by himself. I agreed under one condition...He needs to go to the door, look inside and if he sees his teacher he should give me a thumbs up and then I know I can leave. If he doesn't see his teacher, he is supposed to come back to the vehicle. Simple. Harmless. A win-win...so I thought. A few days into this new routine Cody tells me that he is not going to do the thumbs up anymore. He says, "Mom, if I go inside it means that my teacher is there. I am not going to give you a thumbs up anymore." So, this is what it has come to. My son is no longer the little boy I see. He is growing up. Sniff, Sniff.
I think this should have been in the fine print of the karate manual. *This class may create your child to be independent and have self-confidence, which would make them able to walk themselves into class.*
Secretly, I am so proud of him I can hardly stand it. In just a few months he has changed from a child that wouldn't stand up for himself to a little man that is willing and able to assert himself regardless of the situation.
What a gift Karate has been to him. Way to go, Code-Man!!
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