{"id":5116,"date":"2022-09-29T21:00:08","date_gmt":"2022-09-29T21:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailydad.com\/?p=5116"},"modified":"2022-09-29T21:00:10","modified_gmt":"2022-09-29T21:00:10","slug":"dont-forget-to-schedule-time-for-this","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailydad.com\/dont-forget-to-schedule-time-for-this\/","title":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t Forget to Schedule Time for This"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Douglas MacArthur was a man of routine, as most military men are. So it shouldn\u2019t surprise us that he built a family life around routine. But unlike far too many fathers who make routine a form of control, MacArthur\u2019s morning routine was about fun\u2014it was about starting the day off right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the peerless William Manchester details in his book <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thepaintedporch.com\/products\/biography1?_pos=1&amp;_sid=b54a136e8&amp;_ss=r\">American Caesar<\/a><\/em>, the morning time was one of the best times at the MacArthur household. In fact, it was kind of scheduled crazy fun:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><em>When Arthur began to walk, and then to talk, father and son developed a morning ceremony. At about 7:30 A.M. the door of the General\u2019s bedroom would open and the boy would trudge in clutching his favorite toy, a stuffed rabbit with a scraggly mustache which he called \u201cOld Friend.\u201d MacArthur would instantly bound out of bed and snap to attention. Then the General marched around the room in quickstep while his son counted cadence: \u201cBoom! Boom! Boomity boom!\u201d After they had passed the bed several times, the child would cover his eyes with his hands while MacArthur produced the day\u2019s present: a piece of candy, perhaps, or a crayon, or a coloring book. The ritual would end in the bathroom, where MacArthur would shave while Arthur watched and both sang duets.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>And it didn\u2019t just happen when Arthur was young. As he got older, while his father ruled post-war Japan, Arthur would wake at 7am, and according to Manchester, \u201crush into the General\u2019s bedroom and pummel him.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We talked before about Ulysses S. Grant\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/dailydad.com\/playing-with-your-kids-is-everything\/\">evening wrestling matches with his kids<\/a>. We talked about the epic games in the yard that <a href=\"https:\/\/dailydad.com\/were-not-raising-grass\/?utm_source=sendfox&amp;utm_medium=sendfox&amp;utm_campaign=time-for-crazy\">Harmon Killebrew\u2019s father knew<\/a> was killing his grass but helping to raise his kids. Well, we shouldn\u2019t just be <em>talking<\/em> about this, we shouldn\u2019t just be thinking it was cute that MacArthur and Grant let their guard down at home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>We have to do the same thing.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No one is too important or too busy to have some crazy time at home. No one is above getting pummeled by their kid in bed. No father should hesitate before singing at the top of their lungs while they shave. These moments are the best moments. If they\u2019re rare, you\u2019re doing it wrong. They should be regular. Maybe like MacArthur, they should be scheduled every morning for 7:30.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Douglas MacArthur was a man of routine, as most military men are. So it shouldn\u2019t surprise us that he built a family life around routine. But unlike far too many fathers who make routine a form of control, MacArthur\u2019s morning routine was about fun\u2014it was about starting the day off right. 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