A Date With My Son
1:1 time with each kid. New Year’s resolution. Somehow it happens more naturally with my daughter, 10. We just find ourselves together. My son and I used to find ourselves together. Building Lego houses. Making caterpillar homes. Shooting hoops. Now at 4 inches shorter than he, I’m barely lucky to block his shot, with no hope ever to scoot past him with a soccer or football. My only hope is to win the tiebreaker in ping-pong. He’s 13, and 1:1 time is just different now. How about breakfast out? A date with my son. He just adores a good plate of Belgian waffles and bacon. That’s it. Our first official New Year’s Resolution Date. Uh-oh. What do we talk about? I mean, we spend time doing things together. We’re together as a family. But this new 1:1 time . . . with my teenage son . . . at breakfast . . . is a little new. With my quiet and independent guy (“thanks, Mom, but I’ve really got it all covered,”), most questions about …