Soon after we began our Son Rise program, Aditya's language exploded. Over the next few months, he began having phone conversations with his grandparents, uncles and cousins (living in another city or country).
These conversations have grown tremendously in the last few weeks in maturity, coherence, flexibility, and even spontaneity! And the chat he had this Sunday with his cousin (we will call him "O") in North Carolina was so beautiful.... I am still delighting in it!
First things first, it was O who asked to talk to A. I went up to A and asked if he wanted to talk to O. A left whatever he was doing so he could talk!
When they began talking, O was the sweetest and the most patient and loving brother, giving A plenty of time to process his thoughts and put together sentences! At one point, O was so patient (and thus okay with the silence that there was since no one was talking!) that A figured he should say something totally original and spontaneous... "How is school going for you?" :-)
Other highlights of this discussion:
1. To the question "how is school going" O said "kinda hard" as he is in 5th grade. Aditya replied it is nice to have some challenges in life:-)
2. O and A compared notes on India's (cricketer) Virat Kohli's 80 runs, and O commented on how Kohli is friends with another cricketer Suresh Raina. O asked him who is his favorite player... Virat Kohli was A's answer. O replied his favorite is MS Dhoni. "Mahendra Singh Dhoni?" asked A to confirm! Then O asked A if he could guess his dad's (i.e. my brother's, not mine) favorite cricketer and Aditya guessed it as Sachin Tendulkar.
Then.....
O: "So when will you come here?"
A: "Some time soon"
O said something (not remembering the exact words) to ask what he meant by "soon".
A:" My parents are collecting the money to buy tickets for a plane. When they have enough money we will come."
These conversations have grown tremendously in the last few weeks in maturity, coherence, flexibility, and even spontaneity! And the chat he had this Sunday with his cousin (we will call him "O") in North Carolina was so beautiful.... I am still delighting in it!
First things first, it was O who asked to talk to A. I went up to A and asked if he wanted to talk to O. A left whatever he was doing so he could talk!
When they began talking, O was the sweetest and the most patient and loving brother, giving A plenty of time to process his thoughts and put together sentences! At one point, O was so patient (and thus okay with the silence that there was since no one was talking!) that A figured he should say something totally original and spontaneous... "How is school going for you?" :-)
Other highlights of this discussion:
1. To the question "how is school going" O said "kinda hard" as he is in 5th grade. Aditya replied it is nice to have some challenges in life:-)
2. O and A compared notes on India's (cricketer) Virat Kohli's 80 runs, and O commented on how Kohli is friends with another cricketer Suresh Raina. O asked him who is his favorite player... Virat Kohli was A's answer. O replied his favorite is MS Dhoni. "Mahendra Singh Dhoni?" asked A to confirm! Then O asked A if he could guess his dad's (i.e. my brother's, not mine) favorite cricketer and Aditya guessed it as Sachin Tendulkar.
Then.....
O: "So when will you come here?"
A: "Some time soon"
O said something (not remembering the exact words) to ask what he meant by "soon".
A:" My parents are collecting the money to buy tickets for a plane. When they have enough money we will come."
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