What Is Your Ritual Dad Time?

* WHAT IS RITUAL DAD TIME? One great way to make sure you’re spending quality time with your child regularly is to create a Ritual Dad Time. This in no way should replace daily family rituals like sharing meals, walking to school, doing shared activities, reading together, etc. Rather, this is a special, once per month, one-on-one time with dad. Think of it as the father-child equivalent of a couple’s “date-night.”

* WHAT RITUAL DAD TIME LOOKS LIKE. Weekends tend to work best for my family. On Saturday morning, after a piano lesson, my daughter and I decided that we'd ride bikes to a local park and have a picnic. Exercise, food, and fun. On Sunday, my son and I went to our favorite barbershop (actually, Club 379 is a "Luxury Barber Spa for Men"). See my earlier post about Club 379...truly an amazing place. Omar and Shea, the owners, take the experience of getting a haircut to another level. Jake and I play pool, hang out with the guys, play a little Wii, look at the fish tank, oh, and...get our hair cut.

* REMEMBER TO MIX IT UP. With my daughter, we've talked about the importance of getting outside and being active during our dad-daughter time. Now that the weather is nice, she agrees that we should take advantage of it. With Jake, the challenge is to de-emphasize 'getting' something; he is so focused on getting toys (anything at all, really) these days, that I'm steering clear of spending our ritual dad-son time near places where 'getting something' is even a possibility, such as a bookstore, gumball machine, etc. Next Ritual Dad Time ideas we discussed: a different location for another bike ride/picnic with my daughter and riding the T (train) in Boston with my son...

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