Sitting in the cinema lobby the other day I watched as parents continued to dole out quarters for their kids to play the video games. What happened to just being happy with going to a movie and having a treat?? Why does there always have to be more and more? Why aren't our children able to sit for a moment content to "wait" with out needing to be entertained constantly. What have WE created?
Do you hear your kids ever say their "bored" ? How can that be in this day and age. We and they have more than ever and yet it just doen't seem to be enough.
How much do your children sit in front of the television? Do the hours while away without you even realizing it? The statistics say the kids today watch hours a day. Are we using the television as a babysitter? If you are I'm sure you are not going to enjoy reading this blog.
It may be convenient for the moment but I believe that it is going to come back and bite us in the end. Whatever happened to reading to our children? Children playing outside? Kids being able to entertain themselves with their toys for longer than 5 minutes at a time. Candy land, Fish, Old Maids
Part of the problem is that it all includes parent participation. It is so much easier to keep them quiet with quarters or television or all the other gadgets that hook to that box. I am not entirely against this stuff..but I do believe it should be a "treat" not the norm.
Are your children content? Happy? Calm? Stressed? Argumentative? Always getting in trouble? Hummmmm have you ever wondered why?
In this beginning of the new year why don't you take an assessment of the situation and see if there needs to be any territory taken back. Have you let your guard down? Well take your children back and help to write their future.
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