Do you ever have the feeling that the more you try, the less you accomplish? We put so much effort in, only to fail time and time again. Then we just give up and go with it, and what do you know, we’re all having a good time. I’m talking, if you haven’t already worked it out, about entertaining our little ones.
There’s been plenty of times, whether with my son, Jay, or one of my nieces or nephews, where we’ve planned an activity. Everything is in place. We have everything we need. We’re there and ready for it. And it bombs. They’re not interested. And we didn’t really want to do it in the first place.
Maybe that’s part of the problem though. If we’re not into it, are we causing them to not be interested? Id on’t know. Most of the time I would say I am interested in whatever the activity of choice may be, but they most certainly are not.
So what’s the problem? Lack of planning? No. Didn’t check with Junior before deciding to do it? Maybe, but not always. Inherently boring activities? No, plenty of other people enjoy them.
I’m thinking that maybe it just might be that they were planned. There’s no spontaneity. No sense of fun.
If we think back to the times when we did have fun with our kids, how many of those times were when we just acted. We didn’t worry about the rules, or about organising it to be fun. It just was, because we were doing what we wanted, when we wanted. And that’s something children most definitely enjoy. Acting on the spur of the moment. Doing whatever comes to mind.
Now, I know we can’t be that way all the time. But, maybe we should look at doing it a little more often than we do. Or more often than we want.
