“Brownies for Breakfast” has become a code-word for me after hearing a wonderful story from a Mom on a conference call I ran last week. We were talking about ways to connect with teenagers, and she told of the morning last summer when she found herself sitting quietly on her front porch. Her younger son joined her when he woke up, and as they had nothing pressing that day, they sat there in their pajamas and played cards, and ate left-over brownies. A little while later, the older son joined them, and they just hung around, enjoying each other’s company for quite a while. At the end of the summer, the Mom asked the boys what had been the best part of the summer, and they both said “the morning we had brownies for breakfast.” She noted it wasn’t the vacation, or some of the special day-adventures they had had, it was when they had simply taken time to hang out and enjoy one another’s company.

I’ll bet every adult you know would say the same thing…that the memories we cherish are the times when we simply connect with those we love. We need to make sure we slow down our lives enough to create the opportunities for those special moments with our teenagers.

What ideas can you share for ways to create those special opportunities for connection with our teenagers? Do you have any experiences like the one above? We’d love to hear about it.

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