![]() “With lots of details about how the Turtles use their weapons and work together to defeat the bad guy, and how he gets hurt but doesn’t die.” My wife tried improvising a version of this story then I tried one. “Tell one about the Ninja Turtles fighting Smasher Venom, a villain I just made up who is the size of a skyscraper,” the five-year-old said. ![]() ![]() And their interests turned out to be pretty narrow. They wanted us to invent a new story, on the spot, tailored to their interests. We offered the kids an episode of their favorite storytelling podcast, but they weren’t in the mood for something prerecorded. Our children are five and two-too old to be hypnotized by a rattle or a fidget spinner, too young to entertain themselves-so a six-hour drive amounted to an hour of napping, an hour of free association and sing-alongs, and four hours of desperation. I drove my wife and two children sat in the back seat. Between Christmas and New Year’s, my family took a six-hour drive to Vermont.
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