A quick follow-up based on a conversation a reader and I had via text. I am not saying you shouldn't take your kids on vacation. Or that big adventures aren't worth it because your kids won't remember them. Your kids won't remember you reading to them as babies and toddlers, or you rushing home so you could eat dinner as a family, but those things are all still very important to their development. We just abandon the idea that #MakingMemories is our responsibility as parents. It just isn't.
Lucy Huber, an editor at McSweeney's, wrote a bit about this on Twitter yesterday, referencing a specific Instagram reel about #MakingMemories. The thread is worth a read. Huber writes, "I feel like this sums up so much about why social media makes parenting so hard. Just taking your kids to the beach is not enough! You must make it MAGIC. Then film it so other ppl can witness how MAGIC you made it." https://twitter.com/clhubes/status/1646467346972786689
Kate, I am really enjoying your musings in Skin. Thanks for sharing. Thanks for writing.
A quick follow-up based on a conversation a reader and I had via text. I am not saying you shouldn't take your kids on vacation. Or that big adventures aren't worth it because your kids won't remember them. Your kids won't remember you reading to them as babies and toddlers, or you rushing home so you could eat dinner as a family, but those things are all still very important to their development. We just abandon the idea that #MakingMemories is our responsibility as parents. It just isn't.
Lucy Huber, an editor at McSweeney's, wrote a bit about this on Twitter yesterday, referencing a specific Instagram reel about #MakingMemories. The thread is worth a read. Huber writes, "I feel like this sums up so much about why social media makes parenting so hard. Just taking your kids to the beach is not enough! You must make it MAGIC. Then film it so other ppl can witness how MAGIC you made it." https://twitter.com/clhubes/status/1646467346972786689