As I type this, Will valiantly battles a venemous Ventress on Clone Wars for Wii while Jake loyally cheers him on. I sit reclined behind the two of them in Will's small, red chair holding my laptop on, you guessed it, my lap. I suppose they're practicing for something (hopefully not lightsaber duels), some form of adult competitiveness they'll encounter later in life. I'm unsure what exactly that will be, or how playing Wii helps them get there, but I can just sense something happening.
I wonder how the impact of having a brother affects a person. I was raised as an only child and had to learn many of the subtleties of social interaction the hard way. High school and the first couple years of college were a real pain in the ass.
But, I look at the two of them and can already tell they won't encounter the same kind of social difficulties I had. That's not to say the won't have difficulties--theirs will be different--but, they will already have the advantage over someone whose social experience mirrors my own childhood. I'm happy about this.
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