What kind of adult do you want your child to become?

happy, joyful

This question was posed by at our last parent education night by our guest speaker, Joen Bettmann (Director of Training at the International Montessori Training Institute). The answers given by our parents were so thoughtful and inspiring we wanted to share them here. As parents, we hope our children will become adults that are...

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that have a good work ethic

diligent

perceptive

seeking out challenge

collaborators

creative

generous and thoughtful

self-reliant

positive, engaging

resourceful, risk-takers, persevering

ambitious, motivated

responsible, respectful

adventurous and independent

life-long learners

that have a sense of humor and can be flexible

confident, considerate,

reliable and self-respecting

inquisitive

persevering

that reaches goals

Christian

self-sufficient

good citizen

humble and caring

dreamer

leading with integrity

self-motivating

passionate

honest and loving

  "...perhaps the best brain and life enhancing tools in the future may just be the very things our children had in their childhoods - childhood environments rich in love and attention of parents and teachers who care less about the accumulation of information and statistically measured achievement and who care more about the accumulation and expressions of wisdom, ingenuity, empathy, joy, grace and gratitude." - excerpt from Dr.Doug Lyon's address to Montessori school parents, Nov. 2005