Over the last few weeks, I've noticed that me and my middle child have been at loggerheads more and more.
I've been nagging him more, he's been listening less, and in general we've just been annoying each other.
Yesterday I decided that I had enough, and that the two of us needed a quick reset. We needed to do something we both enjoyed, and where he could take some control of our activity.
Fortunately, he is starting to really enjoy some amateur photography, so instead on of the usual lunch-homework-tidying-prepping after school schedule, we hopped in the car with my old little Canon M50 and went to Rhodes Memorial. You can see the results of his work in these pics - he took every photo he isn't in:
An hour and 100 photos later, both our attitudes towards each other were in a MUCH better zone.
I just had to remember that for some kids, getting more intense leads to WORSE results.
So we have to be a bit smarter and gentler for everyone's sakes!
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