Only 940 Saturdays...
That's right, you only have Nine hundred and forty Saturdays from the day your child is born until they are 18. Of those 940 Saturdays, 260 of them are already gone by the time your child is 5 years old. Rather sobering fact if you ask me...
As a father of 2 daughters, that means I only have 341 left with my 11 year old and 680 left with my 5 year old.
This fall, we have begun to focus more on experiences with our daughters. In the last month, we have visited a major city each weekend; New York City, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Washington D.C. During these trips, we would try to tie in an education aspect to the weekend. Two of those weekends were tied to Maker Faire attendance which focus on STEM and STEAM education.
I want to show my girls that there is much more to this world than iPads, iPhones, YouTube and Roblox.
Whether that means exploring the back country in a national forest or finding that great burger joint in the Upper West Side of NYC, there are so many experiences that we can show our children.
The experiences we give our children are priceless in comparison to the things we buy them. Once those 940 Saturdays pass, what we teach them and allow them to experience as children will be the only thing that matters.
So, tell them to put the phones down and turn the tables off. Take them on adventure. Go see a ball game, go to the theater, go for a hike, go to the zoo. It doesn't matter what you do with them. What matters is your presence. Be present. Show them how much you cherish them even though they ate the last of your favorite chips yesterday.
So... what are you going to do this weekend? We might go get lost in the woods.....
Until next time, enjoy those remaining Saturdays!
"Children will not remember you for the material things you provided but for the feeling that you cherished them". - Richard L. Evans
As a father of 2 daughters, that means I only have 341 left with my 11 year old and 680 left with my 5 year old.
This fall, we have begun to focus more on experiences with our daughters. In the last month, we have visited a major city each weekend; New York City, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Washington D.C. During these trips, we would try to tie in an education aspect to the weekend. Two of those weekends were tied to Maker Faire attendance which focus on STEM and STEAM education.
I want to show my girls that there is much more to this world than iPads, iPhones, YouTube and Roblox.
Whether that means exploring the back country in a national forest or finding that great burger joint in the Upper West Side of NYC, there are so many experiences that we can show our children.
The experiences we give our children are priceless in comparison to the things we buy them. Once those 940 Saturdays pass, what we teach them and allow them to experience as children will be the only thing that matters.
So, tell them to put the phones down and turn the tables off. Take them on adventure. Go see a ball game, go to the theater, go for a hike, go to the zoo. It doesn't matter what you do with them. What matters is your presence. Be present. Show them how much you cherish them even though they ate the last of your favorite chips yesterday.
So... what are you going to do this weekend? We might go get lost in the woods.....
Until next time, enjoy those remaining Saturdays!
"Children will not remember you for the material things you provided but for the feeling that you cherished them". - Richard L. Evans
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