Drive Carpool with a purpose.
Who knew this “job” could be so beneficial to our understanding of what is happening in the world around our children. However, this will only work if you make a rule that everyone in the car, including the driver, put away his cell phone for the first 5 to 10 minutes of the ride.
Ask a different child each day to use the clock app on his phone and set the timer to 5, 7, or 10 minutes. You are no longer in control. Your passengers are. When the timer goes off they are free to use their phones.
Hopefully, they will discover that social interaction still works and that texting is not the only way to communicate AND you will learn what is going on around your children.
There you go. Another lesson for today. Now, go and love your son in your own special way. Some days are long but, trust me, the years will just disappear.
Love,
MarnaKay
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