Business Insight presented by Arlington Dermatology A mind of a child I am blessed with four children. All daughters. I am a very active dad. And I have been growing myself, with them growing. They grow in height and I grow my thinking diversity. What has not changed is the freshness and pureness of their thinking. We, adults, should be learning from our kids. And we should be learning daily, from the little ones and those who are already teenagers. Learning from them is not only a good life lesson, it is also a cleansing of our own, sometimes, biased and premeditated thoughts. Recently, I read an interview with Greta Thunberg. Now, 17-year old, has become a well know leader of 'saving the planet movement for the last two years. Being a little socially isolated due to her Asperger that still sits in my mind was a message syndrome, she said she was talking about that her actions were and are supposed what we try to hide. One of the comments the climate issues and environmental changes long before she became known. to bring our attention to what we do She read a lot rather than play sports with the planet. This was the very purpose: let's other kidsandearly on learned about many cases of extinction around the world and all see how we keep damaging our own about prospects of further deterioration. planet and let's see how we can stopit and It bothered her deeply and she attempted change the directions. to share it with her classmates. But nobody was interested in listening. She not only she says, she got a lot of attention as a did not get any attention; she was treated person. She did not really seek it. Instead, more and more as a weird outsider. Until she received a lot of criticism for being she went on strike. Striking from school angry and unhappy, she got a lot of name- was not her primary idea. It was a way. calling and bulling. I want to cite one of her turns out the only way, to get attention. why people so focus on activists rather All of a sudden, she became popular and than the problem itself.. Greta says she everyone wanted to take selfies with her. does not have any particular wisdom This radical move of going on strike finally because she still does not have enough of brought others to listen to her and further, life experience. She is very humble about spread her views around the world. Greta is certainly an unusual kid, in a positive sense. She is more mature than many of her age. She is also very much learn from her. Especially, we should learn a thinker. Her medical condition, which normally is an obstacle to live a regular rather than on people who might think life, worked to her benefit. Her natural need to learn more and think deeply about different matters is the way of her should listen to our children, daily and life. She also makes comments that are carefully, before they go on strike. very accurate about us, adults. She notices wrong to protect our environment and Instead of the attention to the message, comments.Frankly, I do not understand her fame and is not quite comfortable with it. Butl am not sure she does not have that life wisdom. I feel like we should perhaps how to focus on problems we all share different than we do. And we certainly Michael Bukhalo, MD Arlington Dermatology 5301 Keystone Court Rolling Meadows, IL 60008 Tel. 847 392 5440 | www.arlingtondermatology.net Business Insight presented by Arlington Dermatology A mind of a child I am blessed with four children. All daughters. I am a very active dad. And I have been growing myself, with them growing. They grow in height and I grow my thinking diversity. What has not changed is the freshness and pureness of their thinking. We, adults, should be learning from our kids. And we should be learning daily, from the little ones and those who are already teenagers. Learning from them is not only a good life lesson, it is also a cleansing of our own, sometimes, biased and premeditated thoughts. Recently, I read an interview with Greta Thunberg. Now, 17-year old, has become a well know leader of 'saving the planet movement for the last two years. Being a little socially isolated due to her Asperger that still sits in my mind was a message syndrome, she said she was talking about that her actions were and are supposed what we try to hide. One of the comments the climate issues and environmental changes long before she became known. to bring our attention to what we do She read a lot rather than play sports with the planet. This was the very purpose: let's other kidsandearly on learned about many cases of extinction around the world and all see how we keep damaging our own about prospects of further deterioration. planet and let's see how we can stopit and It bothered her deeply and she attempted change the directions. to share it with her classmates. But nobody was interested in listening. She not only she says, she got a lot of attention as a did not get any attention; she was treated person. She did not really seek it. Instead, more and more as a weird outsider. Until she received a lot of criticism for being she went on strike. Striking from school angry and unhappy, she got a lot of name- was not her primary idea. It was a way. calling and bulling. I want to cite one of her turns out the only way, to get attention. why people so focus on activists rather All of a sudden, she became popular and than the problem itself.. Greta says she everyone wanted to take selfies with her. does not have any particular wisdom This radical move of going on strike finally because she still does not have enough of brought others to listen to her and further, life experience. She is very humble about spread her views around the world. Greta is certainly an unusual kid, in a positive sense. She is more mature than many of her age. She is also very much learn from her. Especially, we should learn a thinker. Her medical condition, which normally is an obstacle to live a regular rather than on people who might think life, worked to her benefit. Her natural need to learn more and think deeply about different matters is the way of her should listen to our children, daily and life. She also makes comments that are carefully, before they go on strike. very accurate about us, adults. She notices wrong to protect our environment and Instead of the attention to the message, comments.Frankly, I do not understand her fame and is not quite comfortable with it. Butl am not sure she does not have that life wisdom. I feel like we should perhaps how to focus on problems we all share different than we do. And we certainly Michael Bukhalo, MD Arlington Dermatology 5301 Keystone Court Rolling Meadows, IL 60008 Tel. 847 392 5440 | www.arlingtondermatology.net