My family has always done lake trips every summer but my teenage kids now spend the whole time on their phones by the water instead of actually swimming with us like they used to. My spouse thinks I should just let them be teens, but I feel like we're losing something important and I don't know if I'm being unrealistic about wanting us to actually be present together in the water.
More people experience this than they realize.
Parents struggle to adapt cherished rituals when children outgrow the original form without losing the underlying connection.
“Where Are You with Water — drinking swimming immersion as practice?”
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