Something I Noticed With My Fourth Child: Spending a Little Time With My Son Each Day

This episode reflects on something simple that took four children to notice: that living with your kids and actually spending one-on-one time with them are not the same thing.It touches on a small daily routine that began recently — playing soccer, dodgeball, reading at bedtime, sitting down to study together — and the quiet realization behind it, that this kind of time had been missing more than expected.There's a moment where studying together is compared to dodgeball: not one person instructing another, but both doing something together, throwing and catching, one getting a little better, the other right there to see it.The deeper thread isn't about raising a child who loves books or excels at sports. It's about leaving behind some trace — the sense, carried somewhere, that there was someone who set aside a little time, every day.A quiet look at what it means to notice something late, and the small decision to simply keep going from where you are.