What do we talk about the most?

A couple of days ago I listened to THIS conversation Stuart Davis had with Helen Titchen Beeth. Stuart mentions that has been trying to teach his daughter a language he invented, but the toddler has figured out that nobody else speaks this language - hence it is not very useful and she gets bored within a few minutes... This is exactly why I have plans to take my son to Germany and Austria next Spring - because I want him to know that the "secret language" he and I speak is useful and is in fact spoken by 100+ million people on this planet. He will be able to translate for the Americans traveling with us and suddenly German won't be dad's crazy language...

This leads me to reflect on what we do talk about, in front of children and to the children. It is obvious to them: the subject we talk most about must be the most important!! I mean, what is the ratio of our talking about planet earth, the matrix of life, nature, preservation, wilderness and our happiness to be alive - to all the crap that's really not important in the long run...

Let's ask ourselves today: what do I talk about the most? And is that something I want my child to focus on... I know I will want to make some changes. posted by ottmar on August 14, 2006 10:44 PM | in