Remember when? We hear that phrase a lot – remember when life was simple, remember when we used to play outside all day long. Ah yes, the good old days. We all have memories of them no matter our age. Everything just seemed to be better when we were younger, why is that?
When we are young we don’t have the responsibilities of adulthood. You can play with friends all day without worrying about how the power bill will get paid if you are playing instead of earning money. Don’t get me wrong, this is a good thing. Kids need to be able to relax and enjoy life. Playing and socializing with help build them into kind, caring adults. However you aren’t doing kids a favor by letting them have the easy life. Parents need to balance play with work. Giving kids chores to do will help them to understand that you don’t get something for nothing. You have to work for what you get!
Remember when summer days meant long games of Kick The Can, Hide & Seek and Mother May I. Do kids today even play these games? I remember getting together with the neighborhood kids early in the morning and we would explore and play in the neighborhood all day long. Well, until we heard our mother’s calling us home from the front porch. Kids today do play like we did. The world is a different place now. It is sad really, we didn’t get into trouble and we didn’t worry about strangers. The most that we had to worry about is someone getting hurt and needing stitches!
Remember the vacations of your childhood? Packing everyone into the car and driving for hours to get to our destination. We didn’t have portable DVD players, Game Boy’s or iPods. We played the Alphabet and License Plate games. We didn’t have a GPS either, but getting lost made great memories of the trip – even if Dad got mad because he didn’t know where we were! Back in the day getting there was half the fun. We still remember the places we would stop on our road trips. Somehow flying takes some of the fun out of a vacation. Sure you get there fast, but you miss out on all the great family time in the car. But then again, maybe all that time in the car wasn’t as fun for mom and dad as it was for us kids!
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Piper likes researching her genealogy and family tree and reading tales of her ancestors. Piper enjoys writing about her preferred topics like parenting She likes gardening, good movies and spending time with her family. Piper likes sharing her knowledge of genealogy by teaching classes in her community.
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