If there is a phrase that every father will repeat for himself, and not once, but several times in his life will be the one of "what time did it occur to me to do it". There will be many other phrases that will be repeated in our paternal repertoire throughout history, but few as painful as that.
And it is that many times due to ignorance of our own limits, or those of our children, or due to excess of optimism and confidence in the environment that surrounds us, or because we are already too tired to say that word, sometimes magical, which is the "NO" or why not say it, because we have not the slightest idea of why, we have been in situations that, to a greater or lesser extent, we regret. Here we are going to give some examples.
The digital world
The world of the 21st century par excellence and just the only one in which our children are better prepared for him than we are. Why? Very simple. Because it is as new to us as they are and, like our children, the instruction manual is written to the last bull and it only works for a specific model.
Leave the phone to our son
Yes, children and especially the little ones, can become extremely unbearable at the moment they have a goal in mind and to our misfortune, putting their chubby hands on the mobile screen is one of those at the top of the list . Here, mostly the overconfidence intervenes, both in our ability to keep our reflexes 100% after a long day of work (let's be realistic, if you keep 10% of them you can feel the kings of the mambo) and the confidence that Our son is able to maintain a sufficient degree of concentration to keep the mobile subject while a large part of his newly released neurons are entertained to see colors and sounds on the screen.
We would also have to take into account our innocence when thinking that our son will take care of the cell phone as we would. The consequences range from the purchase of a new terminal (do not underestimate this option as a way of renewing the device, of course totally involuntary) to strolling with a brand new screen shattered and incredibly still working, - the same as our innocence.
Install a game for them
One day, in excess of what I call "optimistic vision of human behavior", in this case, that of your son, we installed a game with the idea of using it only on special occasions when you have to entertain the little one and / or has behaved exceptionally well or we are in danger of being banned from our favorite restaurant. The problem lies in believing that our children are going to agree with the terms of said contract, which leads us directly to the consequences of the previous point or to run out of mobile and passing through, without child by abduction 2.0
Teach your child to open and use the PC
You don't really have to teach them either, just do it in front of them and see that the following options can be interesting: to be like a dad or a mom and work with the computer. b- In two words You Tube
The consequences of leaving the laptop in the hands of your children can be very diverse:
- Mysterious disappearances: from desktop icons, through deleted programs, to a key.
- Unexplained phenomena: if your computer starts doing strange things you already know the reason.
- Strange shapes on the screen: look, if it wasn't a fly but a piece of cookie. A cloth and vacuum should be used from time to time.
Let them answer the phone
Let your wife or mother know that they have called you while you are in the bathroom may not be an inconvenience, but surely your child has made the operator on the other side of the line happy.
Let them carry the supermarket cart or the little brother's cart
If the little ones like something, and not so small, it is to hit a race by pushing a car. The problem comes when stopping.
Read a story without thinking about how it ends
This happened to us at the beginning of beginning to read stories to our son and is that moved by the illusion of seeing him understand what you are telling him we did not realize that some stories, such as Snow White or Little Red Riding Hood presented some passages somewhat dangerous due to the discomfort of certain questions or fears that could cause certain scenes scenes, such as wolves eating grandmothers, evil stepmothers, etc.
Bring a pet home
Yes, a pet may be one of the best gifts you can give your child, but it can also be one of the worst. And is that when we give in to your wishes to have a puppy, we do not think that the puppy will be transformed into a dog, that you will have to take it out every day, at least twice and that your four-year-old son will not Be the one who does it, not to mention that you are going to have to dedicate a part of yourself already saturated with toys, home sweet home.
And you, Have you ever said that "what time did it occur to me to do it"?
