Parenting: The Best Game In The World

It may be a coincidence, but the last 36 hours with Jason have been among the best EVER. He was playful, pleasant, joking, affectionate, did his work promptly AND WAS READING WITH A SMILE AND A LAUGH, and apparently got 100% on his last homework. Came in our bedroom and entertained us with a freestyle rap for about twenty minutes, a spontaneous joking flow (his rap personae is “The Sub Thug”. “The Thug…From the Suburbs.” He astonishes me.

I don’t expect him to duplicate that today. But to the degree that our plan is working, here is, quite possibly, what happened…