I find I can multitask when it has to do with coordinating ‘brainless” tasks such as watching tv and washing dishes or ironing! Why do I feel I’m revealing my age with this last comment? ummm!!

I can do laundry, wash the floors, cook a meal (in part), etc. But like some classmates who, type replies, navigate the web while in class…. that I can’t do, or even understand other than say it is rude (in my old fashion understanding) It also leaves very little room to hear, I mean actually hear what is communicated.

Multitasking continuously when you are a parent– a somewhat inevitable way of managing life with kids, leaves very little ‘mind presence” for children. You are there but not there. In the long run it impacts the very ones you are doing so much for.

Turn off the TV, turn off the cell, sit for meals, watch junior play with his peas, in fact play with him. The rest can wait!