Hula Hoop

My little girl just asked me to watch her hula hoop.  I said ok, laying down on the floor, barely paying attention.  Then she proceeded to work that hoop for minutes at a time.

I have no idea how to hula hoop.  Neither does my wife.  She just picked it up and figured it out; she mastered it.

This is one of those moments when I realize I’ve made actual people here.  People who not only learn what I show them, but go out and do things I can’t.  They will have friends I don’t pick for them, conversations that don’t involve me, and interests I know nothing about.  They are more than just my children.

It’s humbling, and even a little bit scary.

Now my younger son it trying that hula hoop; he’s much better than I would have predicted.  I wonder if I can do it, too.

Aaron Carroll

Aaron E. Carroll, MD, MS is co-Editor-in-Chief of The Incidental Economist and tweets at @aaronecarroll. He is the Chief Health Officer at Indiana University. He is also a Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics and Associate Dean for Research Mentoring at the Indiana University School of Medicine. In addition to contributing regularly to The New York Times and the Atlantic, he is the author of four books, most recently The Bad Food Bible.

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Aaron Carroll

Aaron E. Carroll, MD, MS is co-Editor-in-Chief of The Incidental Economist and tweets at @aaronecarroll. He is the Chief Health Officer at Indiana University. He is also a Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics and Associate Dean for Research Mentoring at the Indiana University School of Medicine. In addition to contributing regularly to The New York Times and the Atlantic, he is the author of four books, most recently The Bad Food Bible.

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