Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Parents with young children
The lecture on Tuesday was really good because I thought it was so interesting about children and play. When I was a child my mom let us play all the time and she let us do whatever we wanted. We were never able to watch that much TV growing up because we would always have to play instead. Playing was never a bad thing and me and my two siblings were so creative when we played together. We always climbed the tree in our back yard and made the second floor of our garage in to a playhouse, which we loved. We had a jungle gym that we practically ruined because we played on it so much and it was always the base when we played hide and go seek. I completely agree that children need to be allowed to play and be creative and use their brains. It seems like all children do now days are play video games and and watch TV. What happened to CREATIVITY?!!! I think parents really need to limit their children's chouch time and force them to go outside and play.
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I just wanted to agree with you. When I was younger, my brothers and I were literally locked out of the house on nice days by my step mom. At the time we were offended but she just wanted us to discover things for us to do on our own. She hated the television. Looking back on all those years spent outside, I hate to see young kids indoors all day long. They don't make any decisions, except which video game console to play on or which show to watch. It's a shame. Kids should have the opportunity to make their own choices and explore to see what kind of choices they will make.
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