Summer 22

THAT WORD 'INVEST' FILLS ME WITH HORROR TOO; AS IF CHILDREN ARE LITTLE CAPITALISTIC ENTERPRISES THAT WE MUST INVEST IN NOW IN ORDER TO GET SOME SORT OF RETURN IN THE FUTURE. THE WORD 'INVESTMENT' TURNS CHILDREN INTO THE OBJECTS OF GREED…NO, WE MUST WORK TO ENSURE THAT EVERY MOMENT OF EVERYDAY IS INTENSE AND FILLED WITH PLEASURE, JOY, FUN, LAUGHTER AND PASSION.

It’s easy to fall back into the routine and normalcy of what was “pre-pandemic” times. Working OT, spending too much time on the devices and waiting for “someday” to live out the important moments. The Idle Parent is one of the only parenting books I read and it left me with this profound take away - to work as little as possible in the first 5 years of your kids life. Partly because this upfront nurturing and parenting will hopefully save some grief in their teenage years. But mostly because we’ll never have these moments again.