How does an isolated, phone-attached parent become less distracted and more present for their toddler?
Any advice on how to be more present as a parent? I worry that I am distracted and sometimes distant with my toddler. I try not to be on my phone all the time but sometimes catch him trying to get my attention and feel awful. And I’m not great at playing with him in an active way. I don’t want him to grow up feeling like his mom is only half there.
In our rural area, many kids are home-schooled, so the nearest library can sport a packed house at story time during school hours. A walk to “nowhere” can yield a fun time: name this bird, name that squirrel, name this house, name that deer . I often wondered why anyone bothered going into the woods at dawn to hunt deer when they could just sit in my living room, open a window and bonk one on the head.We would play I Spy or vote on the prettiest bricks . I’d set up couch cushions like slices of bread and cheer on the kid to run into them and bounce off. You can do this over and over until a 2-year-old says, “I’m tired.
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