Yuki became an elementary school student this spring.
One day her grandfather said he should send some gifts for her. Then she said "Don't worry about it. I appreciate your thought. That's enough. Thank you."
The other day she asked me to send a birthday card for her birthday next month. Yuki likes making accessories with beads and she's good at it, so I said I will send some stuff to make accessories. Then she said, "No, no, no, no. I appreciate your feeling. That's a lot. You don't have enough money either, so please don't waste your money for me. I just want the card. Sell the accessories you made and save the money for yourself and come back to see us."
She was a six year old kindergarten student, but her thoughts and words sound like a grandma's.
Avram and I worried why Yuki thinks about money so much. That would be bad for her if her parents talk about money a lot at home. Then she wouldn't have any interesting dreams in the future. I said that to my younger brother Takaaki. He laughed and said, "Don't worry, my sis. She does play house with her friends at her kindergarten. Then they pretend to be mothers or adults. She really doesn't think she doesn't want your gifts. She wants them, but she wants to say she appreciates your kindness and no thank you to other people as an adult."
Avram and I were relieved Yuki is still a kid, but on the other hand we felt bad. It means some kids' mothers talk about money and those kids hear it many times in their lives. Environments around kids are interesting and important for them.
Yuki had a ceremony to go to an elementary school. It's a big event in Japan. She is the biggest girl in her grade, but she got a front seat because of alphabetical order.
One day her grandfather said he should send some gifts for her. Then she said "Don't worry about it. I appreciate your thought. That's enough. Thank you."
The other day she asked me to send a birthday card for her birthday next month. Yuki likes making accessories with beads and she's good at it, so I said I will send some stuff to make accessories. Then she said, "No, no, no, no. I appreciate your feeling. That's a lot. You don't have enough money either, so please don't waste your money for me. I just want the card. Sell the accessories you made and save the money for yourself and come back to see us."
She was a six year old kindergarten student, but her thoughts and words sound like a grandma's.
Avram and I worried why Yuki thinks about money so much. That would be bad for her if her parents talk about money a lot at home. Then she wouldn't have any interesting dreams in the future. I said that to my younger brother Takaaki. He laughed and said, "Don't worry, my sis. She does play house with her friends at her kindergarten. Then they pretend to be mothers or adults. She really doesn't think she doesn't want your gifts. She wants them, but she wants to say she appreciates your kindness and no thank you to other people as an adult."
Avram and I were relieved Yuki is still a kid, but on the other hand we felt bad. It means some kids' mothers talk about money and those kids hear it many times in their lives. Environments around kids are interesting and important for them.
Yuki had a ceremony to go to an elementary school. It's a big event in Japan. She is the biggest girl in her grade, but she got a front seat because of alphabetical order.
One mean girl said to Yuki, "You're chubby." Yuki said, "You shouldn't say that to other people." But she was sad with her word, so she cried. Then other kids came to Yuki and helped her. They said to the mean girl she shouldn't say so and she's not nice. The mean girl started to cry. Yuki felt bad for her, so she said to other kids, "Don't say that to her. Poor her. She's crying:("
After school, Yuki became friends with the mean girl and had fun.
Yuki told her mother what happened to her at school that day. Yuki is good at telling the whole story. We can understand her very well. Her mother Asako talked about it to Yuki and she understood it.
My mother says Yuki is like a grandma. "She's always thinking many things and thoughtful. Her words are like grandmas'. "
Yuki and her brother Konan always make us happy and laugh. I love to talk to them. They love to talk to Avram and me. We hope they are having fun at school everyday:)
