http://hopeforyourfamily.com/2009/04/28/where-are-you-aiming-your-family-time-this-summer/ Dr. Roger D. Butner - Counseling You and Your Family Through the Storms of Life Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:11:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://hopeforyourfamily.com/2009/04/28/where-are-you-aiming-your-family-time-this-summer/comment-page-1/#comment-149 jkgarr Tue, 28 Apr 2009 22:19:34 +0000 http://hopeforyourfamily.theobloggers.com/?p=665#comment-149 I personally think too often we are all in a state of over-stimulation. One of the good memories of my childhood was just playing outside. Playing jacks on the sidewalk, jumping rope, playing ball, cloud gazing, running through the sprinklers. My family didn’t have money for extra-curricular activities and I’m rather thankful we didn’t. We got our first TV when I was 10 and we could only watch one show in the evening and some cartoons on Saturday. I know…I’m “older”….but really, do our kids need to be plugged in to computers, cell phones, texting etc.? Another of my favorite memories was spending hours at the library. Our next door neighbor was a librarian and she would often treat me and my brother to spending the entire day with her at work. I still love getting absorbed in a good book. So….I think you may be offering a challenge and I like it and I encourage it. Get purposeful with your family, especially when you can all be together, doing things together, and not just all going in different directions. I personally think too often we are all in a state of over-stimulation. One of the good memories of my childhood was just playing outside. Playing jacks on the sidewalk, jumping rope, playing ball, cloud gazing, running through the sprinklers. My family didn’t have money for extra-curricular activities and I’m rather thankful we didn’t. We got our first TV when I was 10 and we could only watch one show in the evening and some cartoons on Saturday. I know…I’m “older”….but really, do our kids need to be plugged in to computers, cell phones, texting etc.? Another of my favorite memories was spending hours at the library. Our next door neighbor was a librarian and she would often treat me and my brother to spending the entire day with her at work. I still love getting absorbed in a good book. So….I think you may be offering a challenge and I like it and I encourage it. Get purposeful with your family, especially when you can all be together, doing things together, and not just all going in different directions.

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