So my daughter is spending the day at dad's work. It's "bring your child to work day." It just so happens to also be 1/2 day at school. So my son has the afternoon off, and I have the afternoon off. Making our first "mommy, son" day official. We've spent lots of time together just the two of us, but today we will do something special. As I tried to explain this concept to my son, his face lit up. He started jumping up and down with a huge smile on his face. I said, so "What would make today special to you? If you could do ANYTHING with mommy, what would you pick?" Much to my dismay his reply was "watch DVD's" I tried to direct him in a different path, something we don't get to do much, what would be fun for you? "go buy DVD's and watch them!" Each time with a look of excitement that reaches from his toes to the tip of his hair! I laugh and say, Anything else that you would maybe like to go do with mommy NOT at home? He answers full of gust with a little less certainty, sense I keep telling him basically he's striking out, and yet, with excitement in the form of a question...."We can go see a movie in the theater?!" My reply, let's just wait and see what we want to do later!
So, to the "Does it really start this young?" Movies? Come on guys. I mean what's quality about that? And to start picking that at the age of 5? I'm thinking as a mom, where have I gone wrong that this is the really special thing he wants to do? I mean, not the park, not a bike ride, not the zoo, not even going out for lunch, not buying the newest coolest toy, not rock climbing, but movies. Well, I'm going to take him to lunch and let him pick, we can go home and watch movies (of which I'll end up doing the laundry and probably not watching the movie most likely) or, I might suggest us going bowling. I think he would like that and maybe it's just that he doesn't know what his options are, because he has asked on different occasions to do this. I hope he chooses wisely! I mean, gets to do what will be most fun for him of course! Movies. Bah hum bug!
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It's all about the control of the remote!!! LOL! My boys have devised their own schedule of "who gets to 'hold' the remote controller"! =D
So what did you guys end up doing? Bowling, the park, or watching Incredibles for the millionth time. : )
When I was a teenager, I wouldn't go on dates to the movies. 1) because you don't get to know someone at the movies, and 2) because I didn't want to watch anything embarassing with someone I hardly knew.
There are definitely movie days and do something days as a grown up. I didn't have movie options as a kid, other than the theater!
Since you asked Golden! We ended up going to Houlahan's for lunch and then we went to the bowling alley. where we attempted to bowl! But he has yet to master the art of "power throws" so we gave up pretty early and ended up at the arcade! (He loved that and really wanted more time there!) He said he had a good time even though he can't bowl yet! He also said he didn't know it was an option! I think he knows now that when I say it's a special day for us, I want to DO something!
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roaming....I am so glad to hear you say that. I of course was not allowed to go to movies, but I am thinking that your input hear might help us in a few years when we have a daughter dating. I don't want her to never go to a movie...but I also want her to know the guys she's with too.
Let's see...we didn't even have a TV in our house growing up. And the movie theater was "the devil's playground". I went to my first movie as a sophomore in college and realized it's not a sin, but I did choose what I saw more carefully than others. Now that I am a mom, I don't go to the extreme of "no movies", but I have learned to limit the boys TV time, because it affects their behavior from overstimulation. (BTW, bowling was the only "christian youth group activity" I could attend---even that was done wearing "coullottes" because pants were "men's clothing"!!)
As America expanded westward, young men with the desire to see moving landscapes dotted the plains. We reached the atlantic and moved north into Alsaka. Great explorers wanted to see beautiful pictures and exotic places. Today, men of all ages still desire to explore the beauty of different lands. some use DVDs and I use an Xbox in my basement.
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