Competitor or Creator - What do You Want for Your Child?

We are conditioned from early childhood to compete, in fact, it seems we are almost born with the urge. If you have ever watched little children play "together", you'll know what I mean! Children do not learn cooperative play until sometime after their 3rd birthday - prior to that, they are too egocentric to share. They lack the cognitive ability to reason.

Children are very creative and imaginative. As parents, and as a society in general, we tend to foster the competitive streak and limit the creative one. At first glance many parents will deny that statement. They believe that they encourage and foster their children's imagination, however once a child starts school, if not before, they are made aware that they are being "graded". Many parents are very competitive with their children, and if you doubt that, attend a kid's hockey game (or hear about it on the news!).

The creative imaginative child who has difficulty staying on task is labelled as easily distracted, a day dreamer, or disruptive. Our school system simply does not cater to children's natural curiousity and experiential style of learning. At least to a certain degree, it must be squashed, for the greater good of the whole. Or so we think...

I envision a future where public education recognizes the advantage of fostering and cultivating the natural creativity of children, but until then, parents are solely responsible for nurturing that creative spirit. When children learn to use their well developed imagination to create the life they want, they will achieve great results in whatever it is that they choose to do. Competetive parents will be green with envy when they see the creative parents' children succeed with seemingly litte effort.

I have never considered myself a competitive parent, but I didn't realize that I was contributing to the squashing of my children's creative spirit either! I mean, I wanted my children to have an "edge", so I encouraged early literacy and enrolled them in various structured programs and extra curricular activities, designed to teach them discipline, specific skills etc. I discouraged day dreaming and encouraged reality based reasoning and thinking skills. I thought they could exercise their creative muscles in a structured art class!

Now that I have purchased, and immersed myself in The Secret Science of Getting Rich Home Seminar, I understand that what I really want for them is not an "edge". I simply want them to be happy and successful in life. That is the "edge" we all want for our children isn't it? The programs, the education is all well and good, but for those hours of the day, children are not able to use and develop their imagination. In fact, in many cases they are discouraged from being imaginative.

The Secret Science of Getting Rich Home Seminar goes into depth on Wallace D Wattles notion that competition is not a requirement once one understands that the universe is infinite. Compeition is borne out of an attitude or assumption of lack. There are only a few top spots in a specific school (this could even be nursery school by the way!), only a certain number of top paying corporate positions, only a limited number of ... well, anything we feel a need to compete for. The need to be on top can also be a manifestation of an issue with low self esteem, but that is for another article.

Once we let go of the notion that there are limits; when we grasp that we can CREATE anything we want, the need to compete is eliminated. You certainly can get rich and attain material wealth on the competitive plane. People have done it, and will continue to do it, but material wealth in the absence of health, happiness, strong relationships, and spiritual enlightenment is not true wealth.

The contents of the home seminar program is so much more than an affiliate program or a vehicle for obtaining wealth. It is truly a legacy, an heirloom, an investment in my children and family for generations to come. I am living and teaching the concepts to my children, and I fully expect to pass the briefcase down to them, and to their children and so on.

In my family, this briefcase is treated with care, with the utmost of respect - you'd think it was made of glass! It cost us a mere $1995.00. Now, I realize that sounds like a lot of money to some people, but its value is infinite. I would have paid any price to learn this information, and more to pass it on to future generations.