Can kids teach us a thing or two?

Children spend lots of time teaching us things – and they usually don’t even know it.

Today, I was reading a blog post on NPR about “The Baby Project.”

The author, Sarah Crossman, writes about how much she’s learned in the 8 weeks since her son was born.

Here’s an excerpt:

“During these past 8 weeks, I feel like we’ve learned the basics of what it takes to be a parent — and then relearned them all again as things change over and over. And that what worked yesterday is not going to work tomorrow (that was Lesson Numero Uno). I’ve also learned just how little sleep I can survive on …”

If you’ve ever been a parent, or, heck, even if you’ve done your fair share of babysitting, you know that what Sarah writes is right on the money.

It doesn’t matter that we’re the grownups. It doesn’t matter than we’re much older (in the case of my youngest son, I’m 38 years older) because we can still learn.

And, they — even if they can’t talk — can still teach.

So, as we embark on September and a new school year. As we get ready for the temperature to change, clear your mind for a minute. There may be a lesson for you in the days ahead. You may need to move yourself — and your pre-conceptions — out of the way so you can learn it.

Life is a journey worth living, and learning.

Enjoy the baby steps!

• An editor by day, Scott Mayes is also dad to Matthew, Micah and Nathan. He’s a high school parent, a youth football dad and changes diapers. He’s experienced many things as a parent, but is absolutely clueless about raising daughters.