I don’t really like taking the kids with me when I have a doctor’s appointment—it’s so much more hassle in some ways—but I have to admit, when they’re with me, I do have my fair share of giggles. Today it was my six-year-old who provided the entertainment.
We were at the chiropractor’s office and the assistant was putting the electrical stimulation pads on my neck and shoulders. My son walked up to her and initiated a conversation like only he can. “Did you know there are red blood cells and white blood cells?”
She acted suitably impressed. “There are?”
“Yes,” he replied. “And the white blood cells look all puffy.”
You know, I’d never thought of it before, but a white blood cell does look rather puffy. Sort of like a big white pompom.
On other visits, we’ve discussed the shape of vertebrae, the role of the spinal cord, the way the electrical stimulation machine works, and why the doctor has to push on my back. At the medical doctor’s office, we’ve discussed blood pressure, taking blood, the way ears work, how infections grow, and what it means to eat healthy.
You’d think that the medical personnel would be too busy or impatient to answer my children’s questions, but by and large, they’ve been more than happy to explain what they’re doing and to interact with my little learners.
When the world is your schoolroom, you raise children who are naturally curious about everything that goes on around them. All children are little sponges, sucking up everything around them, taking input and adding it to the vast storage in their brains. Of course, they sometimes spit it back out in funny ways (the other day I rented the movie “Ramona and Beezus.” My six-year-old told me he didn’t want to watch the movie “Mary and Jesus”). But every bit of it lends to their education and the foundation they are building for their future lives.
Yeah, it is kind of a hassle to load everyone up in the car and take them with me, and there are times when the medical procedures aren’t appropriate for my children to see. But when they are with me, I know they’ll learn, and I know that it will be funny. That’s just how kids are.
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