Monday, March 14, 2011

Family Fun and Recreation

I am probably giving away my age here, but I can remember a time when our family all ate dinner at the same time, we didn’t have 300 + television programs to choose from each day, children did not spend their after-school hours playing video games, sitting in front of computer screens, or talking on cell phones. When I came home from school, weather permitting, I was expected to go outside to play. We would go to the playground, play ball, jump rope, ride bicycles, and play running games.



Kids today are frequently stressed out by many hours of homework and the pressure to take college level courses for advanced placement. I have heard of children getting by on only a few hours of sleep each night because of excessive homework

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