Kids Will Be Kids

It never ceases to amaze me how many kids' games and songs are transcultural. I have been watching out the window, as my two boys play with two little neighbor girls (Peruvian, of course) and guess what they've been playing......"hide and seek", "tag" and "riding the dogs like horses". I don't know where "hide and seek" originated, but it is just as well known to these kids as it is to ours.

Other games the Peruvian kids love to play that our kids jump right into are "rock, paper, scissors", "freeze tag", "hot potato", "duck, duck, goose", besides all sports (excluding American football). It's pretty cool that Lucas, our 4 yr. old, who really doesn't speak any Spanish can play and keep up with the bigger kids because the games are so well known to him.

Although our North American culture is so different from the Latin culture, one thing I've learned over the years, after being in several different South American countries, is that people are people - everywhere. Same emotions, same feelings, same desires, same dreams, same hurts, same struggles, same needs....of course this all varies person to person, but really, we are all created in God's image and are very similar to each other in our core.

I am so happy my boys have made friends so quickly with these two little girls and even more happy that, despite having different skin colors, speaking different languages and living very different lives, they can play and laugh have such fun together.

Kids will be kids - anywhere!

Miriam