Finally, it has been brought to the forefront of the masses that children watching television negatively effects their brain growth and development. The passive act of watching tv stops the brain from developing the nueropathways that are needed for learning. Thus, attention deficits and other learning disabilities occur. All of those baby videos, Thomas the trains, Barney videos in vans and suv's are a convienence for parents and damaging to kids. Children need to be 'unplugged' from electronics and plugged into interactive, engaging conversation and play with parents and siblings. No more tv's in bedrooms, kitchens, and playrooms. No more gameboys, play stations and computers for kids. Pull out the books, puzzles, board games, playing cards or get outside! These activities are INTERACTIVE and develop brains. The engagement factor and interactive behaviors foster successful academics. The electronic interaction is not .  How much clearer can it be: American Pediatric Associations, CDC, and 1000's of education professions have said it for YEARS!  Finally maybe parents will hear this and quit harming their children!!

 

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I walked up on a conversation at the gym yesterday of two women who were discussing how their  summer was going.  They said they loved a looser schedule but their children  were about to send them over the edge!  We all agreed that summer brings out "sibling rivalry at it's finest".  I was comforted to know that I was not  the only mom who had been spending a good bit of time as " sibling referee" this summer.  My boys are 7 and 10 so I would have thought by now they would have outgrown this stage.  It seems like every summer I struggle with too much structured time versus too little structured time.   When the kids argue so much I think we should have signed up for more camps.  How do you balance your time between camps, vacations, downtime, summer reading, etc.?  What is your remedy for sibling rivalry?  Please let me know!!

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