Play With Your Kids While You Can

Those are the lines popularized by Liam Neeson in his trilogy movie “Taken”.

If you have seen the movie you will notice how Bryan Mills (Liam Neeson) shows his love to his daughter that it makes her his first priority more than anything.

He would do anything even take someone’s life for the sake of his daughter. It appears that his life was circling only with his daughter aside from his wife whom was murdered by some bad guys.

My daughter always wanted to play chess with me when I am at home on rest days. Even If I don’t want to, she will beg of me.

Jane: “Pa, laro tayo chess.” (Papa, let’s play chess)

Me: “May gagawin ako, bebe.” (I have something else to do my dear)

Jane: “Sige na papa, kahit isa lang.” (Just once Papa, please)

Me: “Sige, isa lang ha.” (Okay, Just once)

I would make my tone of voice like for strict compliance (LOL) for I know her style that after one game, she will request for a second round, then third and fourth and so on until I cannot do the things I wanted to do.

I have bought this board game four years ago and teach my kids how to play chess. I am not good at playing this type of game, I just know how to play it.

My son finds it a little boring, perhaps because there are several games he has likened to play particular those of Mobile and PC games. Although there is already a default app this game on Windows OS.

My daughter is already eleven and her IQ is not far from that of her brother. My son always has medals and certificate at the end of every school. While my daughter only receives at least one medal and certificates.

I kept thinking to myself, why this kid would want to play this board game even if she has lots of games installed in her tablet.

I also observed her skills in playing chess that it almost took us 30 minutes to finished a game, she was carefully thinking of her moves. At first I will let her win but somehow made me think that if I will do it always like that she will never think of why she won.

So, whenever she asked me to play chess, I play like she has the same level as I do. I was surprised that she’s almost near of defeating me.

I know as she grows older, she would definitely defeat me in this game. Lately she no longer ask me to play chess because she is now obsessed in playing Minecraft with her brother. At least they have reason to play together to become more close as siblings.

I only have two kids and no plan of adding another member of the family. Life is tough these days so it is really good to plan about marriage and having a family. My daughter is now on sixth grade. She is grown up now and sometimes my wife’s friend would ask why if we have plan of having another kid.

Anyway, too all parents and soon to be parents, make sure you will attend to your kids request if they asked you to play with them. Sometimes I do regret if I have refused to play with them. So, always attend to kids request particularly if they ask you to play together. Not only that we build close relationship with them, kids life happens only once in every person life. I don’t remember playing with my father when I was a kid, but I do remember how my father worked hard for our own good.

Let’s always have time to play with our kids while they able to play with us. Time flies so fast, let’s make the most precious moments with them while they are young.

Thanks for reading. Ciao!

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