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My son enjoys spontaneously telling me about video games. He has some favorites on his Fire tablet and Nintendo DS. My daughter is super rough, super fragile, and super headstrong. I want to give them both constructive outlets.
He lights up talking about them, and while I like when my son talks to me, I’d like him to come up for air sometime. If he’s talking about a game, he’s completely in the zone. His mouth can’t move fast enough for what he wants to say.
Camera Time
I think I’m going to sit him in front of a camera, send some questions at him, and let him open full throttle. I want him to improve his speech, and the best way is to talk. Since I haven’t been successfully with getting him to “give people small bites of information” to make digestion easier and I don’t want to dampen his enthusiasm, I see the video camera as a win-win outlet.
I love the idea. I remember being and kid and getting told a lot that I talk too much. No one giving me the criticism ever tried to to give that energy a constructive outlet. I’m still working on ideas for my daughter.
Singing/Performing Arts or Martial Arts
When I think about likely outlets for my daughter, I think about performing arts and martial arts. Mostly martial arts. Mostly specifically Brazilian Jujitsu. I also consider track and field, because she has a decent engine, and I know she will have the body type of a runner. I just don’t think track will solicit the same caliber of physical and mental discipline as a martial art or performing art like singing or playing an instrument.
She needs things that will demand that she focuses aggressive when it’s needed and store it when it’s not. And there’s one absolute with children: they learn well by repetition. I don’t think my daughter’s path is excelling in academics. She’s a high-revving kid and with an uncomfortably strong will. She’s going to have to put in scenarios that really challenge her – mentally and physically. If not, I think she’s gonna have a rocky path to adulthood.
Try Something a Little Different
Parenting is the ultimate case study
M. Wright
With both my kids, I want to see how they turn if I lean into their core attributes and give them opportunities to use those powers for good – as opposed to suppressing them.
Like I’ve said before, parenting is the ultimate case study.