My Eight-Year-Old Stopped Disney World
Are you still on a ride you don’t like? What’s your excuse?
My kid stood up when everyone else was sitting down.
Do you go along for the ride or stand up for yourself?
Sometimes we take the path of least resistance because we don't want to rock the boat. I pride myself on being easy-going, but that isn't the right approach in all situations.
We teach our kids to stand up to peer pressure and do the right thing. But do we practice what we preach?
If everyone else jumped off a bridge, would you?
The real-life story that follows has provided us with endless laughs, but there are valuable nuggets of wisdom within. I'll sprinkle in a few lessons we learned before, during, and after the main event.
The backstory
It all began on Christmas morning, 2009. The big gift for our kids was a Disney trip we had planned for the next month. Mind you; this gift was from us, not Santa. I never let Santa give the best gifts. Why should he get all the credit for my hard work?
But I digress.
We saved this gift for last so they could appreciate the smaller items. We handed them an envelope once they had unwrapped the presents…
