I attended a seminar last week and enjoyed the advice of one of them highly successful California lawyers. She told us that the secret of successful people is planning. She actually sets aside at least two hours a day to simply plan – the next week, the next month, the next six months. This got me to thinking, are we planning parents or reactionary parents? Are we in control of how our children are being shaped and molded, or are we just along for the ride? The answer for me is encapsulated in the following:
The musical influences on Scotlen and Jonas are haphazard, at best. Aside from Dueling Banjos, favorites are badly sung children’s dinosaur ditties, music from Cars, and music from the Madagascar series of movies. Their greatest musical influence, by a long shot, however, is . . . drumroll . . .Ricky Martin! What great planning led us to this port in the musical storm, you ask? Well, Kyle and I had extensive discussions on the subject and decided that we wanted our children to appreciate the complex, cultural sounds of Puerto Rican pop music.
Actually, that’s not entirely true. As it turns out, the keyboard in the playroom will play well known songs from the era in which it was made (and Kyle was still wearing acid washed jeans in that era). When you press the demo button, it always starts at the same song. And that song is Livin’ la Vida Loca. In Scotlen’s opinion, this song should only be played at full volume. Go ahead, try to convince her to turn it down – “but Mama, the song needs to be loud.” And really, I guess it does. So, I suppose when Scotlen looks back at the soundtrack to her childhood, it will be dominated by a wordless piano version of Living the Crazy Life. Maybe planning is overrated.
The musical influences on Scotlen and Jonas are haphazard, at best. Aside from Dueling Banjos, favorites are badly sung children’s dinosaur ditties, music from Cars, and music from the Madagascar series of movies. Their greatest musical influence, by a long shot, however, is . . . drumroll . . .Ricky Martin! What great planning led us to this port in the musical storm, you ask? Well, Kyle and I had extensive discussions on the subject and decided that we wanted our children to appreciate the complex, cultural sounds of Puerto Rican pop music.
Actually, that’s not entirely true. As it turns out, the keyboard in the playroom will play well known songs from the era in which it was made (and Kyle was still wearing acid washed jeans in that era). When you press the demo button, it always starts at the same song. And that song is Livin’ la Vida Loca. In Scotlen’s opinion, this song should only be played at full volume. Go ahead, try to convince her to turn it down – “but Mama, the song needs to be loud.” And really, I guess it does. So, I suppose when Scotlen looks back at the soundtrack to her childhood, it will be dominated by a wordless piano version of Living the Crazy Life. Maybe planning is overrated.
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