My five year old grandson has been obsessed with The Wizard of Oz for several years now. Although, he had never actually seen the movie he had seen a collection of Pez candy dispensers in the shape of the Wizard of Oz characters.
He knew all their names, and I had filled him in on the basic plot of the story. At the time I wasn’t quite sure he was old enough to watch the movie. I wasn’t sure how he would handle the wicked witch and the flying monkeys.
Now the reason I brought this up is that today’s adage is “There’s no place like home” which of course is the famous line from the movie. Phrasemix defines this adage as “Your own home is the most comfortable place to be.”
How often have you been on vacation and looked forward to getting to sleep in your own bed again? In fact, when we travel on a road trip we bring our own pillows for the hotel room.
Even my twenty-two month grand baby says “Home?” when he is riding in the car. That is usually followed by “Lemonade?” At this tender age he has learned that home is where he wants to be.
In today’s world people live in beautiful homes that they are rarely at. They are too busy going from one activity to the next to really get to enjoy their home.
Teach your children to slow down and appreciate what’s really important, a home surrounded by the people they love.
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