Because of You

I went to a Reba McEntire concert last night and she was singing the Kelly Clarkson song Because of You, which is on her Duets album (sung with Kelly Clarkson). As I was listening to the song, which I knew but had never really thought about, I realized what a Montessori song this is. It expresses the dangers of an adult getting in the way of child development, and therefore passing on their adult hang-ups. We often do not realize how we can set up children for failure by our own risk avoidance. We pass our fears, our wishes for what we wanted our lives to be like, all onto our children, leaving them unable to blossom as their spirit should. Take it as a lesson when you are interacting with your children, let them explore, live THEIR lives (not yours).

Because of You by Kelly Clarkson

I will not make the same mistakes that you did

I will not let myself cause my heart so much misery

I will not break the way you did, You fell so hard

I've learned the hard way, to never let it get that far

Because of you I'll never stray too far from the sidewalk

Because of you I learned to play on the safe side

So I don't get hurt Because of you I find it hard to trust

Not only me, but everyone around me

Because of you I am afraid I lose my way

And it's not too long before you point it out I cannot cry

Because I know that's weakness in your eyes

I'm forced to fake, a smile, a laugh

Every day of my life

My heart can't possibly break When it wasn't even whole to start with

Because of you I'll never stray too far from the sidewalk

Because of you I learned to play on the safe side

So I don't get hurt Because of you I find it hard to trust

Not only me, but everyone around me

Because of you I am afraid I watched you die

I heard you cry

Every night in your sleep

I was so young

You should have known better than to lean on me

You never thought of anyone else

You just saw your pain

And now I cry

In the middle of the night

For the same damn thing

Because of you

I'll never stray too far from the sidewalk

Because of you I learned to play on the safe side

So I don't get hurt

Because of you I tried my hardest just to forget everything

Because of you I don't know how to let anyone else in

Because of you I'm ashamed of my life because it's empty

Because of you I am afraid

Because of you Because of you