The boy did not speak, but he could read, wrote something, got along amazingly with all the animals, but the family was worried.

Hearing ability It doesn't just happen to people. This is a special skill that needs to be trained. And it is especially important in communicating with close people: spouse, children, grandchildren. If you don’t learn to listen and listen to the person you love, you simply won’t be able to understand them.



Such thoughts were prompted by the touching story of Elena Andriyash, which we came across on Facebook. We couldn't help but share this find with you. I am sure that this story will be food for your thoughts!

The boy didn't speak. He was not taken to kindergarten, his great-grandmother was babysitting. He doesn’t speak or speak at two, four, and six. The family did not have a summer cottage and on warm summer days the great-grandmother carried out under the windows, in the green front garden, a table and a couple of chairs. The boy ran, played with his great-grandmother or read books. He didn't, but he could read. Wrote something. The nurse came and made a scandal.

- He should be sent to a specialized kindergarten, and then to a school for mentally retarded children.
- But how backward he is, his great-grandmother argued with her, he reads books, he knows how to count. There's plenty of talk.
- You will pay with him, half-witted, the nurse replied.



I was 11 years old, and that summer the zealous nurse pestered this family especially hard. I was walking my turtle and my black cat. The boy approached me very quietly and stroked the cat.
- His name is Barsik, I said, and my name is Lesya.
Clearly, inside my head, I heard, "Theme."

That's how we met. Our communication was very strange. I used to talk and he didn't say anything. But sometimes we were both silent. Outside. One day, seeing us sitting in silence opposite each other, my mother came up.
- What are you doing? she asked.
- Talking, I replied.
- All right, chat, said my mother and went to do business.

Tema was amazingly able to get along with all animals: dogs, cats and even my turtle. He learned to give Barsik a paw and perform the command “voice” without saying a word aloud. His great-grandmother looked at our silent dialogue with apparent amazement.

- Do you understand him? she asked.
- Yes, of course, I replied, I can hear very well, right inside my head.
She twirled her finger at her temple. I didn't care.



Once a hopper bystander dragged a small lap on a leash past the front garden. The dog was distracted by the cat and began to pull. The man broke off a branch from the maple and hit the dog. Theme shouted directly inside himself: “Don’t, no!”

I yelled at the whole yard, "Stop it!" And the man kept hitting the dog with tailwood. My mother jumped out of the entrance. The man unfastened the lapdog off the leash and quickly left. The confused dog didn't even run after him. My mother looked at us, ruffled and weeping, and then said to Teme, "They can't hear you, almost nobody." Speak outside”.



- Can't you hear it? he said in my head.
- They just can't hear it, they can't do it. You have to talk out loud. Do you want this dog? Go to your parents and say out loud, “I want this dog, I’ll walk with it.”

Six-year-old Tema took a small battered lapdock and carried it to the entrance. His father Igor leaned out of the first floor window. "Dad," said Tema, "let's take the dog, it's been thrown away." Igor dropped the mug and ran outside. "Dad," Tema repeated, "let's take the dog." Igor cried.

They took the dog. For the first three weeks, Tema chatted uninterruptedly. Over time, he settled down. Years later, walking with my little son, when I suddenly heard inside my head, “Mommy, look, cat,” I was not at all surprised. I looked at the big red cat and said, "Kitty-kitty."



Then she said to her son, “Speak out loud or they won’t hear you.” And he spoke. He stopped talking inside. But still, sometimes I hear him, even if he's far away. Little Tema taught me to listen.

This instructive story reveals many important problems of our time. Not all parents want to approach their child. But a small person can not always go with the flow and become what they want to see.



Sometimes there may be more voice in silence than in the loudest scream. Who knows what life would have been like had it not been for the girl and the man and the dog? The ability to hear and listen to the inner voice of your child, to understand and support it. duty.

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