I did something I don’t think I have ever done. Rush out to see a movie on opening day. Yup I said it I went to a matinee of Spiderman 3 on Friday. Everything just fell into place so there I was at a 12:20 showing. I must confess I did it instead of riding my bike! Gasp!
My friend Dan and I went. As we were waiting for the movie to start he got a call from one of his friends. He too was getting ready to watch the movie. Interestingly he had pulled his kid out of school early, gone to the video game store to pick up the new Spiderman game they had pre-ordered. Their plan for the rest of the day was to watch the movie then go home and play the video game for the rest of the day.
After Dan finished the call he looked at me and said “It used to be that you pulled your kid out of school early to goto a baseball game and then went home and played catch.”
That statement has rung true with me on so many levels. It certainly illustrates the changing society that we live in today. Its the habits we teach our kids when they are young that they carry with them for the rest of their lives. And we wonder why kids these days are so less active.
One positive thing was that they spent ever so valuable father son time together.
Yes it may be an isolated activity a one time event but still think about it.
