Bouncing Back-Lessons from Watching a Child Learn to Walk

How fun is it to watch a child learn to walk? It takes time—months of struggling (rolling over, getting up on all fours, crawling) for a child to finally stand up…only to fall. He gets back up and falls. Yet he doesn’t give up. He gets up, falls, gets up, falls, gets up….

I’ve noticed that in the beginning, most children will climb to their feet while holding onto something like a couch. After lots of practice they are able to get up and scoot as long as they are holding onto the couch. Then...