Quality Time?

To the dad at the pool with his young daughter this weekend (and any others who are reading): close your laptop, stop sending your daughter to the pool to get away from you, and answer her the first time she calls your name. Simply being her driver that takes her to the pool does not make you a good father. I'm sure you are busy and I'm sure you are hard at work so you can support your family. However, that work will be there for the next 30 years or so. Your daughter will be this age for only a few months. In a few years, I promise you people from work will still command your attention. However, you will have moved far down your daughter's priority list by then. Cherish this time while she is impressed by you, happy to be seen with you in public, and actually enjoys your company. This is a fleeting moment that you can't get back. Put the computer away, get off your ass, and splash in the water like it's your first time at a pool. Your daughter will love you for it and your work won't seem as bad once you get a little perspective.