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SUMMARY:Do something for the kids this week that they want to do
DESCRIPTION:I remember fondly the times when\nI was young that my parents had all\nattention on me.\nBeing there is one thing, but being present is a wholly different thing. For\nthose with young kids do you ever find yourself blindly swatting the kids away\nas if they were a pest simply for wanting to play with you or show you how\nthey’ve drawn something they want your approval on?\nBut why the swatting away? Well, my social media feeds won’t check\nthemselves! That email refresh needs doing just one more time!\nI find it horrible that this is a habit picked up by so many (myself included).\nImagine what this is showing to the kids; their position in the pack and their\nperceived lack of interest in what you show of their work.\nI create times and spaces where phones aren’t allowed and my mind cannot\nwander on to other things at work. For example, I find it really great when we\nare on holiday and we spend the day in the pool. This keeps me away from\nmy phone, away from my laptop and away from mindless TV programmes\nthat might be on at the time.\nInstead, I can enjoy watching them learn to dive, to swim, to forward roll in the\nwater and even spend plenty time throwing them across the water or tipping\nthem off their floats.\nTimes like this are what the kids will remember. But I need to make sure this\nisn’t left to a holiday treat. That would be a crying shame. So there are lessons\nand learnings for me to be more present with the kids, and not just there.\nWhat will you see of yourself and your own behaviour\nin this challenge?\n
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