Hello everyone, I hope you are all doing wonderfully!Are you a multitasker? If you are a parent, the answer is a resounding “YES”. I have found myself doing two jobs at once, cooking dinner and having a conversation with my kids. Well, sort of. I was definitely doing the two jobs and cooking dinner, but my daughter thought my conversational skills at the time were the pits.She was right.

I’m not sure where it came from or why modern parents spend so much time at it, but multitasking our lives away is for the birds. For some reason, if I’m not doing two things at once, I think I’m getting behind. This weekend, my wife said, “Enough”. She wanted to just be a family for the whole day, take time to actually look at the kids when they talked to us (something I desperately try to do all the time), go for a walk and watch “Chicka Chicka Boom Boom” (aka Chitty Chitty Bang Bang).

I realized talking to my kids and doing some small chores is unavoidable. But, when they really need me, it is time to slow my life down, look them in the eye and enjoy being their dad. See you later Mr. Multitasker.

All my best

Brett A Johnston
closekids.com

Greetings all, I hope this note finds you having a blast doing something!!

I was on an airplane to Dallas the other day and found one of the best articles on fun stuff to do with your kids that I’ve ever seen.  The entire article can be see here but I will tell you about some of my favorites.

Do Lunch at School – That is pretty cool and simple.  Just pick a day and either bring lunch to school and have lunch with them or take them out to a nearby shop.

Vote – With the upcoming election, you can take your child/ren into the voting booth with you and show them what being an American is all about.

Make your own taffy – Sounds fun and I think we will give it a try.  The complete directions are at exploratorium.edu.

“Go guerrilla” – Which means do a random act of kindness.  We have a huge rose bush in the front yard and plan on cutting the first blooms and putting them in our neighbor’s mail boxes.  My girls can’t wait, they are looking at the bush every day wondering why it takes so long for flowers to come out.

These are just a few for now and I’m sure there will be more coming in the future.  Thank you to Jessica Bridges and Southwest Airlines for publishing such a neat story.

All my best,

Brett A Johnston
closekids.com

Hello all, this page is about one thing…children. More specifically your children. ALL your children and their relationship to each other. Have you wondered why some brothers and sisters grow up and stay very close to each other as adults?

So did I. My wife and I have three children.We want them to enjoy a wonderful, life-long relationship together! The simple story of this site is we went out to find an answer to one question. What could we do as parents while the kids were young so they would grow up and be best friends as adults? What we found out was the information didn’t exist. So I decided to research the subject myself. After nearly two years of gathering data and talking to hundreds of siblings, I pulled together my findings in the upcoming book - Close Kids Forever!

Join me each month on this blog as I look at new and exciting ways to connect you children today so they will not only grow together, but their very souls will be changed as well (I can’t wait to tell you what this means). There were many great discoveries that will change some things about how you parent your children! And I’m very interested in hearing your thoughts as well. Here is to our relationship together.

My very best,
Brett A Johnston
Author
Close Kids Forever
www.closekids.com