Concentration

I love witnessing toddler concentration.  Kids show extraordinary ability to concentrate on things when they are playing.

While people lament children’s attention spans all of the time, sometimes I think the adults are the one’s who aren’t able to concentrate.  I’ve seen many times where a parent tries to break the concentration of a child and turn it to something else, only to get frustrated when they don’t want to focus…  I’ve been that parent. 🙁 .

This was quite prominent on a recent trip to the Magic House, the children’s museum in St. Louis.  The boys were enamored with various parts of the museum far longer than my attention span was lasting.  I found myself almost laughing at myself as I fought the urge to try and rush them on to the next activity.