Mom Says It's Time To Pray And Little Girl Warms Hearts

May 29, 2020 by apost team

Toddlers and young children are known to copy the adults around them. What they absorb at a young age often stays with them throughout their lives. That's certainly what we see in a series of collected Vine videos uploaded to YouTube in 2018 in which adorable children from across the country pray before mealtime.

It's amazing how babies and small kids can repeat things having only witnessed them a few times. Moms and dads set an example by showing them how to live the right way in this world, and prayer is the ultimate expression of thanks and gratitude.

They always have faith that their children will be grateful for the opportunities and nourishment at hand, and hope they will never take having food on the table for granted. All these things are blessings. This video displays multiple kids all praying in their own way on camera. We bet their parents must be so proud!

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As babies' brains grow, they create links between events and experiences. These links become messages called synapsis. The more the baby experiences something, the more these messages are passed back and forth, and consequently the experience forms a huge part of how they understand the world around them, reports The Urban Child Institute. That seems to be what's happening in these videos. After seeing their parents pray, these children start to understand the world through their parents' lens and are abe to mimic their behavior. And sometimes, the results are pretty funny and adorable.

One particularly funny moment from the video is when one girl lists all the items she is grateful for:

“Thank you for our pizza, and our plates, and our cups, and our silverware, and our sugar, and thanks for, um, baby Jesus…”

We wonder if she's heard her parents saying similar! What is even funnier is when her brother is asked to give thanks too, he clearly doesn't want to join in. The look he gives to the camera shows he is not going to change his mind either!

Teaching a child to practice saying thanks for the meal on the table and all the sustenance it gives is an important part of a child's development. They will carry these sentiments with them into adulthood. The best way to set an example to children is by living that example yourself.

The article states, “[…T]hese early years are a window of opportunity for parents, caregivers, and communities: positive early experiences have a huge effect on children’s chances for achievement, success, and happiness.”

So the best way to nurture happy and grateful children, is to be happy and grateful oursleves, which I'm sure we can all agree is the best way to live.

What do you think about these young children who lead their mealtime prayers? Have you ever seen a toddler do this? Let us know below and pass these feelings of gratitude on to those who mean the most to you.