A Teachable Moment

I take these teachable moments with my children when I can even if it is after a program we have watched on the television. Some issues are hard to talk about in terms that a young child will understand. I had an opportunity that came along last night as we were watching TV and I thought I would share with you. It touched my heart and I could tell that it had an impact on my boys.
I had the TV on ESPN, the channel you will find it on most of the time at our house, a show was beginning called E:60. It is an investigative sports show. They usually have some really good stories on about sports figures, courageous sports stories, etc and the boys like watching them as well as Charlie and I. Tonight, it first caught our eyes because we thought it was about a runner but soon found out it was about so much more than that! I was in tears by the end of the show and when it was over, I took it as a lesson to teach my boys on why it is important to treat people the way they would want to be treated and how some people may be different on the outside but they have feelings too. We talked about how it is never acceptable to be mean to someone because they are different. Boys can be mean and say rude and crude things...Like I said it is hard for kids to understand sometimes to know what you are talking about....when I told them I better never ever hear them use the word retard. They got it! What a wonderful story! Get your kleenex ready!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4foXehDmWs&feature=youtube_gdata_player