Loved this article so much!!! Very sweet insight into your relationship with your daughter. As an English lit major (and now teacher) parent of a child who never really loved reading novels, this article is just too real.
Great article! I was reading at first thinking ….i thought your daughter is quite young….. then i read on! I guess i missed that time of playing whatever my girls wanted in the car as i had a barebones car that i could not plug my phone into and i dont think there was any music apps . Usually we listened to the radio and cd’s ( highschool musical was huge when they were toddlers, still remember seeing part 3 at the matinee in Richmond. It was just us 4 and no one else. Felt like Annie and Daddy warbucks! As for music i thought it was good at the pne one year they were prob 4&5. We were at the dal richards stage mid day just taking a break and there was music playing in back ground it was led zeppelin “black dog” they were dancing around and singing the ahah ah ah ah …… i thought 👍🏼👍🏼 they are learning good music!
Fast forward going to acdc with my now 19 yr old. And in Summer the four of us will be going to my fave singer together for the first time. ( ben Harper) i know they know numerous songs from me playing his cd’s in the car long ago! I was surprised they both said yes to go with their dad and me when i asked! Thx for sharing ur article and helping me reminisce!
Too relatable. Quinn is finally letting us listen to our own music again in the car. “Who sings this?” is her favourite question, which is really cool when she recognizes something she has heard before.
Embracing all the challenges and phases as they come and go.
Cool hip cultured high school chemistry teacher Mike Di having a tswizzle obsessed toddler daughter are all my dreams come true. Happy to hear she is also experiencing the delights of Fantastic Mr. Fox.
I know you mentioned "not parenting advice" at the start, but would love to chat more about your experience raising a "zoomer" in a world that is increasingly steering towards compilations, summaries, TL;DRs and algorithms that give you exactly what you want when you want. Personally I get a little terrified watching my niece deftly navigate through the hellish landscape that is the Youtube Kids animation channels.
Any time, Tai! I’m sure I’ll be publishing more of these as well. It’s all been really eye opening. There’s lots to write about re: AI in school these days as well. More to come for sure. (Fixed the Siri, thanks!)
Loved this article so much!!! Very sweet insight into your relationship with your daughter. As an English lit major (and now teacher) parent of a child who never really loved reading novels, this article is just too real.
Great article! I was reading at first thinking ….i thought your daughter is quite young….. then i read on! I guess i missed that time of playing whatever my girls wanted in the car as i had a barebones car that i could not plug my phone into and i dont think there was any music apps . Usually we listened to the radio and cd’s ( highschool musical was huge when they were toddlers, still remember seeing part 3 at the matinee in Richmond. It was just us 4 and no one else. Felt like Annie and Daddy warbucks! As for music i thought it was good at the pne one year they were prob 4&5. We were at the dal richards stage mid day just taking a break and there was music playing in back ground it was led zeppelin “black dog” they were dancing around and singing the ahah ah ah ah …… i thought 👍🏼👍🏼 they are learning good music!
Fast forward going to acdc with my now 19 yr old. And in Summer the four of us will be going to my fave singer together for the first time. ( ben Harper) i know they know numerous songs from me playing his cd’s in the car long ago! I was surprised they both said yes to go with their dad and me when i asked! Thx for sharing ur article and helping me reminisce!
I love Ben Harper! Seen him twice. Thanks for reading
Too relatable. Quinn is finally letting us listen to our own music again in the car. “Who sings this?” is her favourite question, which is really cool when she recognizes something she has heard before.
Embracing all the challenges and phases as they come and go.
Cool hip cultured high school chemistry teacher Mike Di having a tswizzle obsessed toddler daughter are all my dreams come true. Happy to hear she is also experiencing the delights of Fantastic Mr. Fox.
I know you mentioned "not parenting advice" at the start, but would love to chat more about your experience raising a "zoomer" in a world that is increasingly steering towards compilations, summaries, TL;DRs and algorithms that give you exactly what you want when you want. Personally I get a little terrified watching my niece deftly navigate through the hellish landscape that is the Youtube Kids animation channels.
Any time, Tai! I’m sure I’ll be publishing more of these as well. It’s all been really eye opening. There’s lots to write about re: AI in school these days as well. More to come for sure. (Fixed the Siri, thanks!)