My Sonny Boy is so funny that there are times, I just want to slap him back into reality.
So, yesterday he tells me that he will be attending his club of choice after school today. That means he gets picked up later. So his time coincided with my appointment for the evening.
I suggested that he walk to his nana's home until I could pick him up. Now, Sonny Boy has been going to and from his Nana's home for several years while riding in the car with me. There is an entrance to her building from the front and back that I use constantly.
So Sonny Boy thinks about it and then he shares: "You know mom, I went to the front of my school one day and looked up and down the street for Nana's building. I told myself that it has to be here somewhere cause it is a really tall building and I should be abel to see it. But I just couldn't see it. So I don't even know which way to go to get to Nana's building."
I could not believe what he was saying because she lives less then two blocks away, a little off to the left. But it just goes to show, how much attention he pays to where he goes, or how he gets there, especially when his head is usually in his I-pad or my smart phone.
I want Sonny Boy to be technically savvy, but not at the cost of being functionally illiterate. We have to know where we have been in order to know where we are going. Look up! See the light and know the direction you are heading smartie pants.
