Nana Is Coming!

The other night, Sullivan was excited to see his Nana. She was planning to come at the end of the following day.

While I was doing the usual bedtime routine with Sullivan, he said "Nana might be here when I wake up."

I responded in the usual parent way and "corrected" his thinking by saying, "No buddy. She'll be here when you get home from school."

He then quickly said, "Don't say that daddy! If you say that then it won't happen. She might be thinking it right now."

Then it dawned on me... How often do I limit my son's beliefs like this?

This is a simple and seemingly insignificant example but it's a habit I have. He was right. Nana may have been thinking to come early and surprise us. Who was I to tell him that she would not be coming?

Just because I didn't believe it does not mean it was not going to happen. Nor does that give me the right to change his belief.