You’ve been there. Your child asks you to play Rescue Bots or Candyland or airplane ride again and you think “should I force myself to do this even though it’s so boring?” “How can I somehow make this more fun for me while also making it fun for this kid I love so much?”
Today we’re here to help you find that sweet spot between spending time with your kids but also feeling enriched as an adult.
And it’s really not that hard.
Best of all, there’s no special training required. You already have everything you need.
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In this episode:
- Releasing the guilt around not wanting to do everything your kids want you to do
- Four ways we approach playing with our kids when we just can’t bring ourselves to double bounce them on the trampoline even one more time
- A funny look at hide n’seek as told by the always enjoyable Louis CK
- One books and one websites that can offer some help
Items of interest:
- Our private FB community full of more meaningful discussions with parents doing things their own way
- Louis CK on playing hide n’ seek with his daughter <—- (super explicit language)
- Materials, books, tools exactly like yours but for small hands
- Geek Dad book – awesomely geeky projects for kids and parents to share