Play Time

Geek with a .45 is back from vacation. He has this to say about playing with his kids:

Yes, we {gasp!} play with our kids. At the McDonald's tubelands, we kick off our shoes, and chase them around the tubes, fully invested in the notion that actively playing with our kids is a good thing, and the misguided hope that we can wear them out before we drop. (Hasn't happened yet, but we keep hoping)

We didn't really think anything of this, until one of the employees remarked that we where the only parents he'd ever seen do that.

Good grief.

Kids don't know what undignified behavior is, but adults do. The thing is, being an adult doesn't mean that we must comport ourselves thus and such a way, it means we've got the prerogative to toss the hat of dignified behavior aside, and publicly act like damned fools for the amusement of our little ones, whose gratitude is without limit.

It's such a small price to pay for smiles and giggles as big as the sun. It's shame so many parents forget this.

Amen. I'm pretty sure Amy and I will be doing the same when we have kids.