I’m in Boise, Idaho working with Unity Media Group (www.iquestions.com) on a new premarital curriculum. Dennis Mansfield was gracious enough last night to pick me up from the airport at around 12:00 a.m. and take me to his home to crash for the weekend while we work on our project together.
Dennis is like a soul-brother. We are both high energy, weird guys who love to have fun. We stayed up to about 1:30 a.m. just talking and laughing with his 17-year old son Colin. What does all this have to do with today’s parenting tip?
I think parents need to have more fun with their kids. We can quickly get bogged down with life, school, sports, and other activities while shuttling our kids from place to place. We’ve got to remember to have fun and mess with each other. Don’t take your life too seriously. Loosen up and shake things up from time to time with your kids.
This morning, as Dennis and I were leaving his home, I asked if his son was still asleep. Dennis and I are so cut from the same clothe that I could see his mind spinning with possibilities with just my asking of the question. We both ended up with a sly smile on our faces. He said, “What should we do to him?” That was all I needed!
We snuck in to Colin’s bedroom and both of us quietly crawled in to bed and spooned Colin from both sides! The poor boy was sound asleep, so we moved in even closer hoping he would wake up. Finally his eyes opened to find me only inches away from his face. His words will last forever in my mind, “This isn’t creepy or anything…”
Mess with your kids today, have fun, get crazy. The more you have fun together as a family the more your family will want to stick together.
Isaac, who had a taste for wild game, loved Esau, but Rebekah loved Jacob. Genesis 25:28
