Home Improvement
Chapter 28: Mark's First Challenge and a Last Advice
"Mark, I'm bored," Jimmy said tiredly.
"You are? Come, I'll watch TV with you," Mark said gently.
Jimmy followed Mark downstairs into the TV room. Mark took the remote, "Alright, which channel?"
"What's on Disney?" Jimmy asked.
Mark switched to Disney. "It's Toon Disney."
"Cartoon channel?" Jimmy asked.
Mark switched to the Power Puff Girls.
"I hate this show, girls are gross," Jimmy complained.
"Nick?" Mark suggested. "Kids love that channel." Mark switched.
"Kenan and Kel aren't funny," Jimmy whined. "Do you have a movie?"
Mark used to, but they were put away. "Do you like Disney movies?"
"Yeah," Jimmy said.
Finally, Mark heard a yes from him. He went into the drawer. "These are my only movies that aren't in storage. Here, Beauty and the Beast is a good movie. It's a movie, made before you were born. Give it a try."
Jimmy nodded. Mark put the movie in and left through the back door. "I'll be back."
He looked over the fence. "Yo, Wilson, are you there?"
"Yes indeedy Mark," Wilson said.
"My problem is with Jimmy," Mark said. "I take it easy with him, but it's been difficult to entertain him. I mean, I'm his dad. I don't want him to be miserable with me. I don't have so much time, and he seems to have a better time with Randy or my parents."
"Ah, yes, Randy is back for the year," Wilson recalled.
Mark closed his eyes for patience. "Yes, he is."
"Mark, every father has a different way of raising kids," Wilson said calmly. "Depending on the way the father raises and treats his kids is the way the kids will raise theirs."
"My dad always had something to do for me," Mark said. "I have nothing for Jimmy, except few Disney movies."
"What I suggest you do Mark, is to find the old movies you had, especially as a baby. You should also go out and buy something he might like. He needs something that'll occupy him and his time. He's only been around three years Mark. He's still new to the world."
Mark stood, thinking. "I'll go out this weekend. I'll tell him that next time he complains. Believe me, that'll be tomorrow, since after a movie, he sleeps. Thanks Wilson."
A/N: Not so important, except for getting Mark ready for caring for a child.
