What to do with the kids this summer
It’s summer. It’s halfway to fall. And Parent Hacks and Lifehacker have made suggestions for entertaining your little ones. Starting with a visit to the pet store. I’m serious. One of my nephews asked for that as a special 5th birthday outing. He was doing tropical fish imitations for weeks after that.
I have two inclinations of my own:
1) Variety. Diversity. How many good experiences can I give my child while he’s young? How many ways can I stir up his gray matter, and the invisible parts of his soul? I want him to spend time with other cultures, listen to a diversity of good music, read a variety of good literature, touch a variety of textures, think a diversity of thoughts. Some of it he will never forget. And I can never predict what that will be.
2) Reality. Substantiality. How can I integrate my child’s life into my own? What can I do that he can do too? How can we both take part in the basic activities of life, such as growing our own food, working with all parts of our beings?
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