The "Bionic" Child Or Not - Love Them Just As They Are... by John Adefope
As with any 'loving' parent, whether they'd be someone new to parenting or even someone considered a veteran, the bottom line is, 'you love your child & want the best for them.'
That said, any woman or man that has done any amount of living, has made mistakes. With that, probably, just 'probably' has the notion that their child can do better than them, & doesn't have to repeat any of those mistakes, to only suffer that same pain. With that parent right there protecting them, showing the way and sharing their experience(s).
You may even secretly want to be like the scientist (Rudy Wells), the one behind the fictional characters Steve Austin & his one time girlfriend Jamie Sommers. In the once popular television series, "The 6 Million Dollar Man" (and later with its success "The Bionic Woman" starring Lindsay Wagner as Jaime), Colonel Steve Austin, an American astronaut had a bad crash during a landing/re-entry with an aircraft during a test flight. In that flight 'ole Steve got tore up pretty bad [physically]. Regular doctors bandaged him up. "They said" it was over for him. He lost an eye, both legs, an arm, heck, I really can't remember all that happened to the guy, but the character was broken emotionally as well, even wanting to end his own life upon awaking and learning of his condition. I can vaguely remember him trying to rip the life supporting tubes from his body (in the initial episode), begging the one in his room to let him or help him finish the job. Steve Austin (played by Lee Majors) was a handsome, dashing, intelligent, successful astronaut. He was in great physical and mental shape and, probably had the life many people dream of. However now, was relegated to what he saw as.... a different life.
As Steve lay in that hospital bed, his friend, Oscar Goldman, some guy from some secret hush, hush government organization comes in and gives Steve hope about his condition. He says to Steve, something like "hey, I think we can do something about your condition, if your willing to deal with differently skilled doctors & work hard.... but it would have to be kept a secret from the world." Of course, our hero goes on to embrace the offer and voila, he's saving everybody from bad guys every week at 8pm pacific time, 9pm central.
I know I'm dating myself, but for you ....ah.... um....(cough), lets just say you 'spring chickens'....um....wannabes, you know what I'm talking about. Lets recite the beginning monologue of every episode. C'mon, 'you know' you know it... here goes: "Steve Austin, astronaut. A man barely alive. Gentlemen, we can rebuild him. We have the knowledge & technology. We have the capability to build the world's first bionic man. Steve Austin will be that man. We'll make him better than he was before. Better, stronger, faster."
Whew!! That was some cool stuff back then. The thought of it all is 'still' pretty cool stuff today. Now any of you that were 'with me' in that recite, whether you heard it before or not, know where I'm coming from with this. Your child "is" Steve Austin. Oh, he or she may not have been an astronaut. May not have some stranger or organization that wants to put $6 Million into there development, 'shute', they may not even have a pilots license or want one. However, the reality of it is, they've got something better than all that. They've got "you." You see, with YOU, your child not only has the potential to have/accomplish all that, but they have you as their coach & mentor, encouraging them along the way to even greater things than that.
Think about it, if your child isn't potty trained, but can be, do you just say..."oh well, I guess Diapers [not Diamonds] Are Forever." Better yet, if your child does have potential & physical ability to walk, and they have yet to do so, do you just let them crawl into adulthood to be like Porgy of "Porgy and Bess."? Oh heck NO. You'll do what ever it takes them, yes "YOUR SPECIFIC CHILD" to do what they need to do.
So, put your child's name [in Steve Austin's place] and recite that quote again yourself..."Steve Austin (your child's name here), astronaut (incredible and unique child, or however you'd describe them)...." Better yet, put some other stuff in there too. Why? Because your child can be better and he or she can do more than they did yesterday, today, while aspiring for more tomorrow. With YOU in the mix, you just have to work those experiences you've got and show your child how to find a way through 'who they are', to move forward. You are critical in this equation. Because if YOU don't believe for your child (and yourself), as their leader/parent who loves them, how will they do it? They are doomed.
So, forget what "THEY" say, whoever they are, and believe in the almighty and what has been done even with the taking of your very next breath... Show them how to go beyond being bionic, while becoming super incredible or whatever you 'love your child' to be, just as he or she is. They can do it, just show them through 'your experience' how "not" to let what "they say" be their reality.
That said, any woman or man that has done any amount of living, has made mistakes. With that, probably, just 'probably' has the notion that their child can do better than them, & doesn't have to repeat any of those mistakes, to only suffer that same pain. With that parent right there protecting them, showing the way and sharing their experience(s).
You may even secretly want to be like the scientist (Rudy Wells), the one behind the fictional characters Steve Austin & his one time girlfriend Jamie Sommers. In the once popular television series, "The 6 Million Dollar Man" (and later with its success "The Bionic Woman" starring Lindsay Wagner as Jaime), Colonel Steve Austin, an American astronaut had a bad crash during a landing/re-entry with an aircraft during a test flight. In that flight 'ole Steve got tore up pretty bad [physically]. Regular doctors bandaged him up. "They said" it was over for him. He lost an eye, both legs, an arm, heck, I really can't remember all that happened to the guy, but the character was broken emotionally as well, even wanting to end his own life upon awaking and learning of his condition. I can vaguely remember him trying to rip the life supporting tubes from his body (in the initial episode), begging the one in his room to let him or help him finish the job. Steve Austin (played by Lee Majors) was a handsome, dashing, intelligent, successful astronaut. He was in great physical and mental shape and, probably had the life many people dream of. However now, was relegated to what he saw as.... a different life.
As Steve lay in that hospital bed, his friend, Oscar Goldman, some guy from some secret hush, hush government organization comes in and gives Steve hope about his condition. He says to Steve, something like "hey, I think we can do something about your condition, if your willing to deal with differently skilled doctors & work hard.... but it would have to be kept a secret from the world." Of course, our hero goes on to embrace the offer and voila, he's saving everybody from bad guys every week at 8pm pacific time, 9pm central.
I know I'm dating myself, but for you ....ah.... um....(cough), lets just say you 'spring chickens'....um....wannabes, you know what I'm talking about. Lets recite the beginning monologue of every episode. C'mon, 'you know' you know it... here goes: "Steve Austin, astronaut. A man barely alive. Gentlemen, we can rebuild him. We have the knowledge & technology. We have the capability to build the world's first bionic man. Steve Austin will be that man. We'll make him better than he was before. Better, stronger, faster."
Whew!! That was some cool stuff back then. The thought of it all is 'still' pretty cool stuff today. Now any of you that were 'with me' in that recite, whether you heard it before or not, know where I'm coming from with this. Your child "is" Steve Austin. Oh, he or she may not have been an astronaut. May not have some stranger or organization that wants to put $6 Million into there development, 'shute', they may not even have a pilots license or want one. However, the reality of it is, they've got something better than all that. They've got "you." You see, with YOU, your child not only has the potential to have/accomplish all that, but they have you as their coach & mentor, encouraging them along the way to even greater things than that.
Think about it, if your child isn't potty trained, but can be, do you just say..."oh well, I guess Diapers [not Diamonds] Are Forever." Better yet, if your child does have potential & physical ability to walk, and they have yet to do so, do you just let them crawl into adulthood to be like Porgy of "Porgy and Bess."? Oh heck NO. You'll do what ever it takes them, yes "YOUR SPECIFIC CHILD" to do what they need to do.
So, put your child's name [in Steve Austin's place] and recite that quote again yourself..."Steve Austin (your child's name here), astronaut (incredible and unique child, or however you'd describe them)...." Better yet, put some other stuff in there too. Why? Because your child can be better and he or she can do more than they did yesterday, today, while aspiring for more tomorrow. With YOU in the mix, you just have to work those experiences you've got and show your child how to find a way through 'who they are', to move forward. You are critical in this equation. Because if YOU don't believe for your child (and yourself), as their leader/parent who loves them, how will they do it? They are doomed.
So, forget what "THEY" say, whoever they are, and believe in the almighty and what has been done even with the taking of your very next breath... Show them how to go beyond being bionic, while becoming super incredible or whatever you 'love your child' to be, just as he or she is. They can do it, just show them through 'your experience' how "not" to let what "they say" be their reality.
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