Gardening Fun with Kids: Growing Patience One Seed at a Time
The Instant-Result Generation (And Why That’s Not Their Fault) Today’s kids live in the fast lane—and not just because they run everywhere. They can tap a screen and see a world unfold. They can skip intros, fast-forward ads, and order a toy with a voice command. And while tech isn’t the enemy, it does train one thing: Impatience. So you might laugh when your 6-year-old wants strawberries and asks, “Can we grow some today and eat them tomorrow?” . But here’s the twist: that question? It’s a perfect place to start teaching patience. Because the ultimate patience dojo isn’t a meditation class or a timeout chair. It’s a garden. Why Gardening Teaches What Words Can’t You can’t rush a seed. You can’t microwave a plant. And you can’t fake the time it takes for something to grow. That’s why gardening is secretly one of the best emotional skill-builders for kids . It teaches patience not as a punishment, but as a process. And it does it through: Waiting without knowing what day the spro...