Relationships float through different stages. Last week, I overheard an
interesting exchange between a parent and a couple of kids. The parent kept
making funny faces and singing popular songs written long before the kids were
born. Judging by the kids’ expressions, they wanted no part of the performance. Undeterred by their eye-rolls, the parent added to the torture by singing off-key.
After several
minutes, one of the kids pulled a question from the childhood memory files. Questions
always make good diversions. The kid said to the parent, “Do you want to play a
game?” The second kid followed up with,
“Yeah, let’s play the quiet game.” How many times had the kids had fallen for
the “quiet game” tactic? Eventually kids will borrow their parents’
tricks and criticize parenting logic. Watch this:
https://youtu.be/GadAQd1IAzk
As kids grow
up, they’ll offer their parents advice on everything from fashions and
hairstyles to insurance and investments. Through the usual ups and downs of
life, parent-child relationships deepen and evolve. What’s your most important
relationship and how has it developed?
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