Submitted by Pam (not verified) on January 21, 2008 - 18:47.
As a teacher, and a parent of two high schoolers it is very disturbing that children are coming into kindergarten; never having used scissors, dug a hole in a sandbox, or are unfamiliar with well-known nursery rhymes. Friends and acquaintances are always asking me why my children, even at 15 and 17, are so creative, and I have to say we're probably the only family we know that has never had a game system in our home. No, we have not banned them, they play with them at their friends' homes, but they have so many other interests (fishing, music, art, building, boating, talking to us)that they don't seem to miss it.
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Submitted by Pam (not verified) on January 21, 2008 - 18:47.
As a teacher, and a parent of two high schoolers it is very disturbing that children are coming into kindergarten; never having used scissors, dug a hole in a sandbox, or are unfamiliar with well-known nursery rhymes. Friends and acquaintances are always asking me why my children, even at 15 and 17, are so creative, and I have to say we're probably the only family we know that has never had a game system in our home. No, we have not banned them, they play with them at their friends' homes, but they have so many other interests (fishing, music, art, building, boating, talking to us)that they don't seem to miss it.