Monday, 8 June 2009

Things I hope to do with my future children

I often see, hear and think about things that would be really cool to do with kids, and since my anger at ageism is unlikley to manifest itself in a way that is actually practical, I thought I would capture my ideas of things I hope to do with my kids one day: Midnight treasure hunts - half an hour tramping round the woods in the dark following clues and finding something fun hidden away just for them. I secretly wish someone would wake me up for something like this, so am already quite excited about that one. Camping in the back garden - my brother is the indoorsy type, so never really made any demands for this kind of thing, and I didn't want to stay out there on my own, so this is another thing that I would like to have done myself. What other point is there to having kids? Time capsules - the Blue Peter ones were always so boring, presumably because they were for someone else to find, but I prefer the idea of ones for their future selves to remind them of how much they have changed. Messages in a bottle/balloon - who wouldn't want their words of wisdom to be released into the world? Might actually do this myself next time I'm near the sea. Keep scrapbooks - I am a part-time hoarder, and I reckon that if I can bring kids up to keep only what can be taped to a page of sugar paper then we might not have to have a room full of crap in our house. Visit to the Houses of Parliament - I would like to bring up my children with an interest in the world around them, plus I missed the class trip myself, so have never been in. Watch a trial/court case - obviously nothing too disturbing, but I think thinking about all the things that were considered too scary for me compared to the things my iagination dreamed up, I think sheltering kids from this kind of thing is counterproductive as it does mean they have a silver screen idea of what goes on in the world. Sure there are more, but now I'm trying to think of them, they're slipping away, so I will have to come back and add them as and when they occur to me.