Even though it’s mid-April there are still parts of the country that are buried in snow. Have faith because summer will actually arrive and families everywhere will be enjoying their backyards. As it turns out, whether your yard is a small patch of grass or acres of rolling hills, we all seem to enjoy it […]
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I’ve been talking to a lot of parents about summer reading and some of the challenges they’re facing getting their kids to read-even when it’s assigned by the school.
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Last week, I spoke about the need to be active, and I heard from tons of people who remember with fondness the ready accessibility of firecrackers, M-80s, cherry bombs and the like.
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A lot has changed since I was a kid. You probably don’t want to know this, but we had ready access to cherry bombs, M-80s and other things that blew up. A pack of matches, the gas can out of the garage and a bucket of army men was enough to entertain us for the afternoon. Left to our own devices, we had many a wonderful day, and without ongoing parental supervision, well…let’s just say it’s a good thing we all have all our fingers and toes. But it does strike me as alarming that with all the constant mini-explosions going on in our neighborhood (53 kids under 13 spread out over two city blocks), that no adults ever seemed to be worried. “Be careful,” “Outdoors with that,” and “Not near the cat,” were the most dire warnings we got. We were turned outdoors after breakfast, expected back for lunch and had to come in after the street lights came on. It’s not like that today.
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