His real success was the amazing social supports he gets from the crowd, from media and from the British people on his amazing achievements and persistent effort.Įddie the Eagle was no normal child, and that is exactly what made him who he was: determined. ![]() The cruelty of other jumpers and the British Olympic authorities is shocking, but in spite of the obstacles they put in front of him, with the help of a former ski jumping champion and his mom, Eddie makes the team, goes to the Winter Olympic games and breaks the British record twice more. He is kicked out for being different.Įvery time he almost gives up, something inside of him turns on and he tries one more thing, and then one more thing, until he ends up in a professional ski jumping resort in Germany and attempts to break a very old British record and enter the British Olympic team. One day, Eddie discovers the ski slope and dedicates his energy to being on the best ski team and joining the British Olympic ski team. He is physically challenged and socially unaccepted, and while his mom supports his dreams, his dad does everything in his power to get him “off the clouds” and be “normal”. Michael (Eddie) Edwards was a clumsy young boy with a physical disability who dreamed of being an Olympic athlete. ![]() At one point, Eddie asks his dad, “Have you ever had a dream?” and his dad said, “Yes… to be a plasterer”. In the movie, Eddie’s dad, who is a plasterer, tries constantly to convince his son to stop trying to be in the Olympics, while his mom is supportive of his adventures. When we practice dreaming and following our dreams, we give our children permission to do the same. Supporting children in their adventures is linked strongly with the permission we give ourselves, their parents, to dream big. Being social means building rapport, and it is hard to relate to someone who is different. There is something awkward about them, something that means hard work. Two, others do not like different people. One, you cannot look at others and do what they do. I know what it means, because I was different. ![]() I realized that no one ever gets to the top, whether it is a top in a ski slope, the top of a class, the top of a sport or the top of a skill without determination and without someone holding the ladder while they climb up.īeing a different child is not easy. Watching the movie Eddie the Eagle this week made me think again about my own children and the many children I work with.
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