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Family Man™: A Not-So-Boring Holiday Season
By Gregory Keer
="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0in">After a half Saturday that includes early-morning team photos followed by Benjamin’s soccer game, chasing after Jacob at the park, lunch at Burger King and a chess match, I need a parenting breather.
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“I’m going to do a little work while Mommy and Jacob take a nap,” I tell Benjamin.
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“What am I going to do?” my 6-year-old responds plaintively.
="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0in">“Shoot some hoop,” I suggest, indicating the adjustable backboard he got for his latest birthday.
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“Too cold outside,” he says.
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“Play with your Imaginext™ knights,” I offer, calling to mind his army of medieval figurines.
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“I played with them yesterday,” he pouts.
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“How about looking through your Magic Treehouse books?” I say, referencing his collection of Mary Pope Osborne novels.
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“You know I can’t read that much by myself,” he whines.
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“Look – at – the pictures,” I growl in a manner that finally sends him sulking away.
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="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0in">After a half Saturday that includes early-morning team photos followed by Benjamin’s soccer game, chasing after Jacob at the park, lunch at Burger King and a chess match, I need a parenting breather.
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“I’m going to do a little work while Mommy and Jacob take a nap,” I tell Benjamin.
="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0in">
“What am I going to do?” my 6-year-old responds plaintively.
="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0in">“Shoot some hoop,” I suggest, indicating the adjustable backboard he got for his latest birthday.
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“Too cold outside,” he says.
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“Play with your Imaginext™ knights,” I offer, calling to mind his army of medieval figurines.
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“I played with them yesterday,” he pouts.
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“How about looking through your Magic Treehouse books?” I say, referencing his collection of Mary Pope Osborne novels.
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“You know I can’t read that much by myself,” he whines.
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“Look – at – the pictures,” I growl in a manner that finally sends him sulking away.
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