WHATEVER HAPPENED???

As I get older, I find myself asking THIS question more and more.... Like whatever happened to kids playing outside? Not in an organized sport, just to have fun! My friend recently sent me this website (article) on homework. It is so true. We spend so much time trying to train our kids that there really is no time for fun. There are some things that technology brings that is so needed. But, yet at the same time, as I watch my family play these computer games, I ask myself, is it really fun? I know it is addicting, but I really don't see the fun. The kids who do organized sports, (my kids do) Is it really fun? Or is it more of training mode for later? Kids do not have time to be kids. There are so many kids today that have so much stress and anxiety that they have to be medicated. I think it is so sad that we expect so much out of our young people. What is so wrong with just being a kid? I loved being a kid!!! Didn't you love riding your bike? Not, in a race or trick riding competition, just to feel free, to feel the wind blowing thru your hair! What about playing baseball? Not on a team, just with your neighbors or cousins just to laugh and kill time. What about trying to make or create things? Like a clubhouse or a new dance? The kids today are so smart academic speaking. But, I see so many little ones that have trouble socially. They do not know how to play with each other, how to comunicate. I think that leads to alot of depression! I wish I knew how to solve this problem..... Even if I could just help this problem, that would be great. Stephanie recently had to write an article for her school newspaper on anxiety and depression of teenagers. That is so sad. There are soooo many! The pressure of todays schools is unreal. Today, Dallas has a birthday party to attend.... but, I have to make him do his homework and study for an upcoming test before he can go! If I don't he will keep putting it off and not do it.... But, I can't blame him! When does it end? We all want what is best for our kids.... We all want them to succeed, go to college have good jobs etc... but, at what price????

Ok... I am off my soap box for now!!! Today is beautiful! Definitely cold..... brrrr! But, everyone will feel a little warmer once the Bucks beat Michigan State!!! GO BUCKEYES!!!