05/28/2025
I’m so glad my mom insisted that we LEARN to TYPE!
So, I’m carrying that parenting practice forward!! 😉
I remember one long school holiday, either 1994 or 1995, when my mom insisted that all her four children would buckle down and learn how to type!
She also insisted that we all learn to cook because does it seriously make sense for a whole adult to not know how to nourish their body?
Forced to rely on restaurant food All.The.Time and often with…
- too much sugar
- too much saturated fats
- too much cholesterol
Causing METABOLIC SYNDROME? 😢
Back to my story….
I’m a child of the 90s, so home computers were becoming a thing and we eventually had one at home in that same decade, but my mom insisted that we would learn how to type on an old-fashioned typewriter 😫
She bought a work book. We had to work through the chapters, and learn how to actually type without looking, knowing where every single letter is placed and then working on increasing speed.
We were teens and pre-teens! 🤪
This is why today, I am an exceedingly fast typer!
My patients are always very surprised to see how fast I can type! Yes, I have access to dictation tools, but sometimes it’s actually faster for me to just type 🤷🏾♀️
I have to remind myself to sometimes dictate in order to protect my arm and shoulder mechanics mostly 😂
This summer, I am INSISTING that my daughter learn how to braid hair.
This is a very important life skill that I want her to acquire 👌🏾
Little by little, by the grace of God, I am preparing her for a future well balanced adult life.
I want her to be as independent as possible, and to have skills that she can use to earn, or to save money.
I remind her that she may not even be thrilled about some of the things I insist that she learn, but I will insist anyway. In 10 years time, by the grace of God, she will look back and say, “I’m so glad my mom insisted that I learn **”
This is her work in progress 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Back to METABOLIC syndrome….what is it?
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