Last night on my way home I saw a man with a child that's around the same age as my son (two and a half years old), he was sitting on the bus, listening to his iPod, completely ignoring his son who was desperately trying to interact with him.
I know that at the end of the day you're tired. You need a moment to yourself. But you had a kid, so deal with it. Turn your music/podcast/whatever off and at the very least pretend to give a shit about whatever stupid thing he's trying to talk to you about. You don't think it matters, but it does. It adds up - and forty years from now, when you desperately need him to change your adult diaper, he's going to be plugged into his (whatever the future version of an) iPod.
Great idea for a blog! Awesome! . . .I would like to submit strollers as a topic of discussion.
ReplyDeleteParents gabbing on cell phones, shopping, jogging, doing just about anything but looking out for where they are going and expecting the rest of us will fawn over their child and gladly get out of the way. The baby gets a good seat right up front. If you were raised in a tank that barreled over your fellow man, would you really end up as anything but an asshole?
I think the future version of the iPod will be heroin.
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