Your Child's Best Teacher...Is You
What Happened To Childhood
I raised two great kids while living in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. They had the advantages of museums, athletic and art programs of all kinds--you name it. Kids there need date books--or parents who keep date books for them. In the Washington, D.C. area there are more psychotherapists per capita than any place else. Are you wondering why?
If you happen to be sensitive to energy you can feel the frenetic energy of the space as soon as you come near the suburbs of our nation's capital. The pressure for kids to do well is superceded only by the pressure for them to do many things well! Even the sports are organzied. You cannot get together a pick-up game of soccer or baseball at the local school because organized leagues have the fields reserved for their teams’ practices and games!
I know of people who set their two-year olds in front of computers because the pre-schools will not take children unless they are computer literate. Good thing that is not a requirement for adults to get into college. And what is it about fancy prep schools that are pre-kindergarten? Some parents actually believe their kids won’t get into Harvard if they go to the “wrong” pre-school.
What ever happened to childhood? What ever happened to just plain fun? Where have all the Radio Flyers gone? (The little red wagons.) And generic swing sets for swinging higher and higher and higher or spinning tightly then unwinding really fast? Do kids today ever get a chance to just hang out and relax, free from the fear they are being graded for their performance?
Take a look at entertainment for kids. The images of the youthful stars, the rock stars who are just too young to know what they are singing about. What is the point of youth if not to enjoy it? The little kids in my neighborhood drive their little motor-driven cars and ride motorized scooters. My small town has a coffee house for teens! Actually it is a place where teens can hang out at night and be safe. Why does it have to be a coffee house? What is the rush to be grown up and do like the grown-ups do?
We spend most of our lifetime as adults. Let's support our kids in just enjoying life for the fun of it! Play is an essential ingredient to mental and physical health. In fact, play is good for kids of all ages!
Being In Service,
Ali Bierman
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