"The first letter my father wrote to me"

Time flies, you are now three years old, and I still vividly remember the scene when I saw you for the first time when you were just born.

In these three years, there have been tears, laughter, frustration, excitement, hardship, and difficulty. Of course, it is all worth it because you are healthy and happy.

I believe every parent wants their son to become a dragon and their daughter to become a phoenix. Yes, I do too.

However, before we can become talented, we must first admit our own ordinaryness, stand firm in the ordinary, and we cannot reach a thousand miles without taking small steps. I hope you can aim high in the future and live in the present.

do you know? We named you"Yi Nuo"(because there are too many people named"Yi Nuo", and you are different from them). We hope that you will keep your word, keep your promises, be upright, consistent, simple and not follow the crowd.

Since you came to this family, we have been most worried about your health. Seeing your thin body and the fact that you don't eat well, including your bad stools, makes us worried. I hope your body will always be healthy.

There is also the learning problem that your mother has been worried about, because the children around her are so good. They already know how many words, how many additions and subtractions they know, and how many words they know. . .

Do you think I'm anxious? It is impossible not to be anxious, but I believe in the principle of lifelong learning. Learning cannot just look at the starting line. There is still a long, long time ahead. I hope that if you learn, you should study hard and love her, rather than just learning for the sake of learning. Learning is to increase knowledge, understand the world, master skills, and apply what you have learned. It’s still what my mother always said to me, “When you study, study seriously, and when you play, just have fun!”

Also, when you are growing up, there will be times when your father and mother make mistakes, and there will also be times when you are careless and tired, because we are also just learning to be parents. However, I firmly believe that I will not treat my parents as they did at that time. The bad education methods were imposed on you. There were many times when you were naughty, throwing food on the ground, throwing toys on your mother, kicking and beating us with your hands and feet. There were many times when we couldn't bear it. We want to beat you up hard, but when we calm down, we know that beating is not a good way to educate. Just like learning, you can’t learn by beating.

Sometimes I wonder, what is the ultimate problem in education? The parents of every child actually want you to grow up healthy and happy. However, the prerequisite for health and happiness is that you have the ability. If you have the ability, you have to study hard. However, learning itself is an anti-human thing, painful and boring. One can imagine.

Today, you are three years old. When you put on your kindergarten uniform, you look like a primary school student.

From now on, I hope I can write you a letter every year to talk about your growth story this year and have a heart-to-heart talk with you.

No matter what, let us grow and learn together. There is no end to learning. I hope you will always be healthy and happy.

I will also always push myself and can be your learning mentor, listener, environment builder, growth partner, and life coach.

Let’s work hard together, let the water drop through the stone, and wait for the flowers to bloom.

Your dad.September 28, 2021