Dani Clavera: "We were surprised by our youngest son's vocation as a shepherd."

Barcelona"This course, doing the Good morning, Barcelona It's impossible for me to take them to school every morning, but until now I've taken on a lot of the responsibility. Although it's a stressful time, trying to get there on time, it also creates an atmosphere during the drive to school, with everyone half asleep, that has very fun moments and moments of confidence," says Dani Clavera.

Tell me about one of these moments.

— One morning, I was feeling very stressed. I was nervous because I saw I was going to be late for work, and suddenly my daughter asked me, "What if you're a little late?" The way I looked at myself, I imagined that if I didn't arrive on time, I'd get punished terribly. I stopped, thought, and said, "Well, it's really okay." "So why are you so nervous?" she replied. And everything changed.

Often, the little ones are wise.

— They force you to be more present, in the here and now. If you're not there, it's impossible to be with them, and they notice this very much; you can't fool them. I'm more aware of this now, and I'm deeply grateful for it. Children are also great teachers.

You're a journalist. How do you get them to talk?

— It's not easy to get information out of them about what they've done during the day. I've found that, generally, it's best not to ask and wait. If you ask, you can get the most out of it. good, or one very goodBut usually, it's impossible to go any further. It's only during the afternoon, during dinner, or at bedtime that they suddenly tell you something that happened to them, something that surprised them, or something that worries them. I find that they have to be the ones who choose the moment to talk.

What do you pay special attention to?

— One of our obsessions, María's and my, is to identify what interests them, what they're skilled at, and to be able to help and enhance it. Besides being a journalist, I'm also a musician and I like to write, and Maria, besides being a journalist, is a writer and likes to sing. We've made music together and written things together. These are two activities that we find very fulfilling, and we'd like them to find spaces like these too.

What inclinations do you see?

— For now, they're both making music, and we're also encouraging their reading and writing skills. Our oldest daughter has great empathy and a vivid imagination. She's just at the point where she can begin to read fluently, and we can already see her eagerness. I think she'll be a great storyteller.

And the little one?

— He has a very clear vocation: to be a shepherd.

What are you saying?

— He's passionate about everything related to nature. He loves animals and all outdoor activities, which means we don't see him locked away in an office for the time being. At home, we say we're from Collserola because we live there and also because it's our favorite place in Barcelona. We ride bikes along the Aigües road and go on excursions, playing hidden treasure hunts and searching for flocks of sheep. Surrounded by trees, we're perfectly fine.

That age, from 4 to 7, really flies by.

— You're like, "They're little," and suddenly, I don't know, your daughter tells you she's going to shower, just like that, alone. Or she starts making the morning orange juice. Or she starts tidying her room without anyone telling her. Or she jumps in the middle of a conversation between Maria and me and starts asking, "Who told you this?" "How do you know him?"

Children are surprised with socks.

— At school, we were told that our oldest was doing very well in math, and both my partner and I are especially good at humanities. We were both very surprised and delighted to discover this. With our youngest, we were surprised by his vocation as a shepherd.

I can imagine the face he must have made.

— We have no idea about the world of shepherds, and Maria decided to contact a shepherdess from Llessui. We went to visit her, to see her flock of sheep, and her son was happy. Sometimes we dream of moving to the Àssua Valley so he can become a shepherd.

What do you do at home when you want to laugh?

— The funniest moments are when we put on some loud music and the four of us start dancing. I'm one of those typical people who doesn't dance, but for them, I dance. I'm embarrassed. One day when we were dancing, their daughter said to us, "I couldn't imagine you all like this when I was in your belly."