Five Benefits of Spending One-on-one Time with Your Child

“Want to go on a date?” I ask my 6-year-old daughter, Bekah. She glances up from behind the laptop, where she’s been watching online reruns of 1980’s cartoons for far too long.

“Yeah!” Her eyes light up. I don’t even have to tell her where we’re going, and she’s ecstatic.

“I was thinking of a walk at the bike path and a trip to the thrift store. Deal?” It’s not an extravagant scheme. I simply need some exercise, it’s a rare sixty-degree winter day, and I need lamp shades from the thrift store.

We’re out the door in less than ten minutes, and a short drive to the bike path lands us to the beauty of the forest with almost no effort whatsoever. She’s strapped into her helmet and pink knee pads before I have time to lock the car, and we’re off on our adventure.

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