Not gonna lie, we thought we’d get a slew of superhero references when we asked our Facebook community what ability they’d give their children. Instead, our amazing moms and dads on Facebook delivered a bevy of thoughtful, impassioned responses that immediately made us feel better about this crazy, sometimes cruel, often confusing world in which we are raising our kids.
Here’s some of the most important abilities we could ever think to give our own children, as shared by you:
Kevin Barnett: The ability to be happy even (especially) in the face of adversity. To keep a positive attitude in life and to treat each day and each experience as something to treasure. And the ability to teach me the same.
Julie Written: The ability to know her self worth and give her the security in knowing she is an extremely intelligent and capable woman, and can achieve anything her heart desires.
Hollie Louise: I would give my son the ability to see through the hatred that plagues this world and learn to love all that is important to him without hesitation.
Andrea Davis: The ability to not let other kids opinions or judgement influence her to be someone she is not.
Todd Wilson: To have just “enough” of everything in life, not to much or to little, just enough. Enough good times, sad times, challenging times.
Robert Waddey: The ability to avoid addiction…
Christiana Eurton Diulio: The ability for school to come easy to him.
He struggles so much harder than any other kid. He’s succeeding, but it kills me sometimes to have to see him crank so much harder than everyone else. What would take a kid 30-45 minutes takes him 2.5-3 hours.
Jeff LaLonde: To be free . Just a world where they can always just be who they are without outside push and pull . Without the influence of society . The fear of being outcast or not belonging . A life of freedom.
Greg Farrington: My almost 15 year old daughter can’t talk, because of severe disability. I would give anything for her to talk.
Gloria Gonzales: The ability to eat anything he wanted. He’s allergic to pretty much everything. So he’s on a special diet and only eats potato chips and cocoa krispies and fruity pebbles as a treat. He literally just drinks a medical version of ensure.
Of course, we’re all parents and we all want what David Reeves is pleading for: Right now, the ability to sleep past 6:00am on Saturdays mornings.
And finally, because we just have to include one superhero ability here:
Brett Windon: All this is very moving but I can’t be the only parent who wants their son to be like Wolverine.